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Originally Posted by TOfan
Sure. If he left it would be a massive loss, no argument here.
That said, the outright loss of Tavares and Pietroangelo undoubtedly was heavily criticized in those two markets. Let’s not pretend they weren’t. You point to Barzal being able to absorb that loss because Barzal was waiting in the wings. Doesn’t change the fact the lost Tavares, who is also a 1C.
On the other hand if the Flames were to lose a player at a specific position, LW would be it. I’ll be a bit surprised if all of Gaudreau, Tkachuk, Mangiapane, Dube, Pelletier, Zary are back with the team/organization next year. I’m not convinced all of them are here once this TDL passes.
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Of course it was going to be heavily criticized, they were the franchise backbones of their respective organizations.
But winning cures all and when your team is still good enough to win sans star, a fanbase can forgive. But I’m not confident this organization will win much without #13 at all based on what I’ve seen on the ice and on the stat sheets.