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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I don’t agree. Our “elite” players did not progress to being elite and we saw this season that the flames top players didn’t match up with the top players in the rest of the division. Flames top players are tiers below the Leafs and Oilers.
When Gaudreau, Monahan, Lindholm and Tkachuk are near or better than ppg this team should be a contender. When they score 0.5-0.75 points per game this team is on the bubble
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Is that their fault though?
We didn't get a first overall pick - we aren't going to have a Matthews or a McDavid.
Tkachuk is a good pick where he's selected.
Monahan was a good pick where he's selected.
Gaudreau is an amazing pick where he's selected.
Lindholm is good value for the trade we got him for.
Mangiapane is a great pick where he was selected.
Backlund has been good value for where he was selected.
The problem isn't these guys. It's that we have never added more top end talent on top of these guys, or haven't added the depth to help support them better.