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Originally Posted by Steve Bozek
Unless Dube and Mangiapane improve over last year, the forwards are not going to be as good as last year. Huberdeau and Kadri are not an improvement over Tkachuk and Gaudreau (and a healthier Monahan). Although coming off career seasons their age suggests Kadri and Huberdeau are not going to be building on last year’s season. Consequently, I think offense is going to be weaker this season...
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As Enoch has already shown, this is the wrong way to evaluate the team based on the changes made, because the team is a lot more than just the top line. I think the practical expectation is that the Flames top line is not getting close to what last year's trio of Gaudreau, Lindholm and Tkachuk did. They were absolutely incredible, but the team as a whole was arguably far too dependent on the #1 line last year.
But with the changes made thr team is MUCH better through three lines, at the expense of the top line. It was a change the Flanes could afford to make, and I think they will be much better for shifting that offensive potential off the top line, and through the top-nine. That will make a huge difference overall.
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