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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Your post kind of contrasts the big difference between the way the Flames and Panthers are built. How is it that cast offs like Verhaeghe, Bennett and especially Duclair are doing so well with Panthers when they struggled so mightily previously? Heck, didn’t Duclair get famously crushed by Torts? Something to the tune of “he doesn’t know how to play hockey?” And this a Stanley Cup winning, 2-time Jack Adams award winner who said this.
I think it just underlines how important it is to build a deep, strong core in the NHL. Florida has that and the Flames do not. When you add good players to a great core built with great players, winning happens. Conversely, when you only sign complimentary players and add them to an average core built with mostly average players, it’s funny how often that recipe fails. It probably explains why there are always so many bad contracts and buyouts in this league.
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Thing is, a lot of people would have called Duclair, Verhaege and Bennett complementary players before now. And who knew Bob had this in him still? He didn’t look this way in Fla the last couple years.