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Originally Posted by Textcritic
People have exaggerated ideas about how poor they believe this roster is. If Lindholm is extended the Flames are a playoff team, and will probably be in contention for the Division.
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I'm not saying it's a poor roster, but with Lindholm in the line-up the Flames have finished 1st in the Pacific twice, 4th in the Pacific once, 5th in the Pacific once, and 5th in the North division once. A lot of things have to go right for the Flames to contend for the division.
As our roster stands right now our top point producer last year(Lindholm) had 64 points, that's tied for 80th in the NHL. Essentially every team had 2-3 players that were better at generating offense than our best forward. That's a problem especially on special teams, with the goalie pulled, and in OT. It could be fixed in a bit of a different system, but then we might give up even more defensively. Goaltending also remains largely a question mark, because we don't know what we'll get.
That's why it's hard to give this team the benefit of the doubt until they actually start playing some exciting hockey.