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Originally Posted by Bourque's Twin
I feel like Pelletier could become a Riley Smith type player who's a big part of a successful team and puts up 50-65 points.
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And that would be a great development for where we picked him (and I agree is probably he’s ceiling)
And this type of player needs to be your 5th or 6th best forward
And this is the crux of the issue . When the Cornato and Pellitiers of the team are getting their 2nd contract who will be the stars/ superstars.
And during their cheap contracts I don’t think the Flames have even close to the talent to actually compete for the cup
That is why signing any of our UFA doesn’t align with our next (hopefully) competitive window in 3 years
This team needs to figure out how to get superstar/ star level players into the roster . It’s hard for to do.
Vegas brought in 3 star players - Eichel , Pietro, and Stone (2 trades and 1 UFA)
And none of them wanted to come to Calgary . As an organization complaining that Vegas has an unfair location advantage and feeling sorry for yourselves doesn’t accomplish anything .
Start thinking outside the box , have a 5 year strategy to bring this team back to constant competitiveness , and the players will want to come (or at least you have a better chance )