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Originally Posted by Hackey
Iginla and Kipprusoff were pretty elite.
Kopitar and Doughty were pretty elite.
I see no one on the Flames roster that can carry the team like those guys. Maybe Markstrom if he gets hot but he likely has the guys in front of him dragging him down.
Either way I'm not banking on another miracle run that has happened once in franchise history. Nor do I see any resemblance to the Kings who were a big heavy team and extremely deep. The only common factor is Daryl and he can't make up for 22 other guys.
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I get what you are saying and I'm not saying you are wrong, however I'd like to see what Sutter can do with a full year and an opportunity to implement the system he wants to play before making that call.
In the entire time we've had SM and JG, we haven't had a coach that focused on defense as a priority. In that same window we've never had the talent to play run and gun with the best teams in the league... which we have tried over and over. I think it's hard to say definitively the personnel we have can't do it.
Could it lead to blowing up the team in a year? Absolutely. Is now the time to do it? Not in my opinion.