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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I was simply responding to a conversation other people started.
At this point, the conversation needs to be who the Flames can get to add to this team. This is really looking like the year to load up. If it's possible to get a guy like Joe Pavelski, they really should. Pushing the existing fourth-liners out of the lineup would be just one outcome to getting a guy like that.
Pavelski is precisely what the Flames need, IMO.
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I agree a top 6 forward would be amazing and Pavelski would be great but I think it’s less about the energy line and more about a concerning lack of secondary scoring (notwithstanding the last week or so).
Your concern also seems to be with scoring on lines 2 & 3. Typically most teams need a checking energy line to grind down opposing teams and these types of players become even more important in the playoffs actually.
Line 4 isn’t really the big problem here although I agree it wouldn’t kill them to generate SOME offense every now and then. It’s just that they do the other things well especially, most important to me personally, demonstrating a very high work ethic. Often this can spill over to teammates.