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Originally Posted by Since1984
I guess I should have been a bit more careful with my words, The Calgary Flames, with those two below replacement level players are not a top 15 team in the league.
The Tampa Bay lightning, on the other hand, would be a top 15 team strictly due to the fact they have better top end players at key positions.
My apologies for how vague my comments were. Yes top teams can have below replacement level players. This is due to them having better higher end players in key positions. Most choose to have younger players fill those roles with a one veteran. Some choose the older role players.
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OK, that makes things clearer, thank you.
If the Flames as they stand are not a top-15 team, though, replacing those two guys with the very best 4th-line forwards in the league isn't going to make them one. They aren't the problem here. If the only thing they bring to the team is the willingness to work hard, that's one thing the roster has been critically short of – and it is almost the only good thing that one player can actually transmit to his teammates. If that happens, they might just be a small part of a solution.