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Originally Posted by Fan69
Not elite but ugly to play against in a 7 game. In my mind that is the depth that made Vegas so nasty first year they essentially had three second lines backed with great goaltending. That is how I see the flames except we’re not burning our futures like Vegas is and it will be far more sustainable.
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Let's say the 2021-22 Flames are the second coming of the 2017-18 Golden Knights
What does that mean?
The Golden Knights got absolutely stomped when they ran into the Capitals, who not only had a generational winger in Ovechkin (Let's be generous and say Gaudreau+Mangiapane = Ovie), but a 200-foot 1C in backstrom and an explosive playmaking 1C in Kuznetsov.
The Flames can make the playoffs and even win a round or two.
But when they run into a well-oiled machine, maybe an Avs team that has both MacKinnon and Kadri actually in the lineup to go with Makar, Rantanen, Landeskog, Byram, Compher, Nichushkin, Burkovsky... then I'm just not expecting much, outside of the awesome, but unlikely scenario where Markstrom steals a whole series the way 2010 Halak did.