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Originally Posted by jjgallow
While it's true we're not "basement dwellers"...yet....
our lack of defense and goaltending should not have come as a surprise and I brought it up many, many times in this thread, and was laughed at for it.
We have no defense to speak of. And we knew that before the trade.
The conversation should end there, without even getting into the goaltender topic.
Here's the reality, Markstrom had one good season. One. In his career, and we expected him to repeat it all following seasons. But let's say he did. Let's say he had a similar season this year. With the defense we have, it wouldn't matter.
And even if it mattered, he'd be worn out and spent by playoff time, with how we are structured and ran.
That doesn't change no matter how many first round picks you throw at it for RWs.
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The Flames were 4th in xGA last year and added Weegar, brought back both goaltenders, and the defensive forwards from last year's roster.
Not sure what you mean by the team has no defense.