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Originally Posted by PuckSlap
Before you start acting like the gate keepers, maybe think about it. Who really thought toffoli was gonna be a good first line forward? This team is under performing. Sure, maybe Sutter has run his course, but this isn't even the same team as last year, they've only played 50 games with the guy.
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Hasn't Toffoli completely lived up to expectations? It's not his fault that he's on the first line.
Kadri and Lindholm too. Backlund and Coleman are right on their usual targets if not better. Dube will have a career year for the 5th straight time. Ruzicka has 0.5 PPG and sometimes barely gets on the ice.
The defense has 28 goals which is enough. None of them are minus players except Mackey and DeSimone who hardly play.
The disappointments have been Huberdeau, Mangiapane, the power play (likely as a result of those two), weird defensive breakdowns that didn't seem to happen as frequently last year, and the goaltending.
Forget the 115 points, if Huberdeau was on pace for 90, he'd be at 55 right now. That would be 20 more goals the Flames would have this season in some manner, which would probably be enough to be challenging for the division lead again.