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Originally Posted by Bingo
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.
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Our goalie was hot last year, yes. For the one year. It didn't eliminate our defensive needs, it just covered them up.
I started a thread on Weegar too on another forum, at the time of the trade. Didn't think people could bare it here.
I have my thoughts on Markstrom too but there is enough evidence on D that it's not needed.
Hanifin, Hanifin, Hanifin.
Hanifin.
They have Rasmus. That is all.
Their forward lines were completely gutted and revamped in the off-season. People said Monahan wasn't a two-way player. Those people were wrong.
Our forward line got older. Quite a bit older. It shows, particularly defensively. Other players who were two-way players dropped off and become 0-way players, like Lucic, which was expected at his age and what is expected to happen when you bump up your team age for short term gain.