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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Not having a franchise center and franchise defenseman since Gilmour/Nieuwendyk + MacInnis is the problem
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The only way to get them, unless you are extremely lucky and can fleece someone in a trade, it to draft them, usually in the top 3, and even that depends on the draft year. The Flames dedication for mediocre as the floor means we are unlikely to ever draft players like that.
There was Giordano, who was the best defenseman in the league for a short period of time, but it wasn't long enough to give the team a really large window. And of course, we did draft Adam Fox. The center thing stands out massively though.