[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

To be fair, one thing that is lost in PaperBagger's arguments that he failed to conjure up through his haphazard flurry of posts, was that although Coleman did in fact play against the highest quality lines in a more of a shut-down role, it is a different beast altogether to play against opposing team's best shutdown players as well. This is something that he will see more of playing in the top 6 - opponents who are better at trying to stop him from scoring, rather than trying to score against him.


With that being said, I don't think that will matter much either. If you have watched him play (or heck, just watch his highlights) he is an absolute beast of a forechecker. He often creates his own offence, and he works very well with teammates in generating offence - either by creative and accurate passing ability, scoring even at distance, or driving to the net hard. He is far from a one-trick pony, and is one of those tireless workers all over the ice.


I really think of guys like Coleman as "Mark Stone light". Coleman isn't that talented of course, but he is a much better skater. He will put up more points here than people think. I am excited to have him on the top line, or the 2nd line, or the third line. Whatever line he is on, he will make that line better both at offence and at defence.


You don't need 3 all-stars on one line to make it an elite line. Guys like Coleman are huge, especially if they are added to a team in addition to an overall philosophical change that the Flames have just completed (or almost completed - come on Eichel!).

I dont know what conjure, haphazard or flurry means, so thank you.