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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Sorry to break the news to some.. That’s top end talent
You lock that #### down and build around it
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The kind of top end talent you want to build around has character and compete issues. This group in the core has never been able to suck it up and play the way they are supposed to when the games matter.
Sure they beat Dallas in game 7. But the reason it went to game seven is that the Flames were busy playing the Stars game the whole series. The team had an identity all season that helped them to be competitive and win and then they hit the playoffs and decide to do nothing that made them successful. Without Markstrom that series they would have been out in the first round.
Then in the playoffs against the oil Markstrom didn't even show up. Another series where the core tried to play the oil system of trading chances and last goal wins. Where was this great talent and core when they needed to play their team game and win 2-1? They disappeared. As they always have.
There still needs to be some big changes to this core to make them competitive. They have too many of their talented core that is comfortable just throwing the puck on the ice and playing the game instead of doing the hard stuff that leads to winning.
In my opinion the player at the top of the list is Tkachuk who needs to be moved.