Burn the whole team down to build it back up with a forward core of Dube, Mangiapane, Pelletier, Zary, Phillips, Petterson, and Francis. Become the hardest working, tenacious, and fast top 9 in the league. Look at Garlandfor the Coyotes, Point in Tampa & Gallagher in Montreal, small guys can be beasts in this league.
Andersson and Valimaki on D.
Forget making size the priority, I think mean and fast should be the identity. I’m not sure Poposil for the Heat will ever make it, but I like that guys intangibles. Look at how much the Panthers are loving Lomberg this season, nobody here in Calgary thought he had a future on the big team here.
The game is evolving and small, fast, tenacious, hardy wingers will be the prototypical elite players in the future and Calgary has a nice pool of them already.
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