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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I've often wondered what glue really smells like can you tell me?
Barrie can't play defense, he might move the puck well, but he would be at best a bottom pairing guy on the Flames, but more likely filling in on a Michael Stone role, except any coach would be afraid of putting him on the ice while nursing a lead.
Bouchard is a nice little one way defenseman. but he's again got the defensive awareness of a rock.
Nurse on the Flames is a second pairing defenseman. On a team with a atrocious blueline like the Oilers he's a 9 million dollar top pairing guy. Nice work by Holland on that BTW.
Kulak played top 4 minutes in front of Price who carried the Habs to the Finals. He's a bottom pairing guy on the Oilers.
The Oilers aren't deeper up front. I give credit, McDavid and Draisaitl are highly elite. But lets see how Draisaitly does hobbled.
After you get by the Oilers first 2 guys, the Flames are far deeper far better defensively and have just a better overall forward group. What the Flames don't have is McDavid. But at least you know Gaudreau knows where his end of the ice is.
Mcdavid > Gaudreau absolutely
Rest of Flames forwards >> Oilers forwards
Flames Blueline >> Oilers Blueline
Markstrom (Vezina finalist) >>> Smith
Sutter >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Woodcroft.
And I think I'm being generous to the Oilers.
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You can even add Leon > Matthew
(Obviously completely overlooking 200ft play)
Its a modest edge in the top two but then Calgary owns just about every other match up on paper.
But again, that's on paper. On the ice.. I have no idea, we will just have to find out. But you'd be nuts not to give an edge to the Flames depth outright.