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Originally Posted by genetic_phreek
I'm in the minority but not only do I want this to happen but I really believe if we traded Lindholm and Hanifin for prospect and futures, we'll be better setup for the future. I also don't think we'll be bad at all, if anything we could still be better. We still have a lot of good pieces. Dube only had 19 points less than Lindholm and that deficit can be made up with Huberdeau alone having a better season than last. If Sharangovich pops like the Flames are hoping, Markstrom and Mangi having a bounce back, Pelletier and Coronato getting freedom to play the energy game, add in Kylington with that hunger and being reinvigorated. New coach, new system, new vibes.
Huby - Dube - Pelletier
Mangi - Kadri - Sharangovich
Coleman - Backlund - Coronato
Zary - Ruzicka - Duehr
Kylington - Raz
Zadorov - Weegar
Solovyov - Tanev
Markstrom
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That's not a good roster up front. The D and G is fine, but forward is a mess.
On wing your short RH shots, size, goal scoring, and your asking too much from rookies. Huberdeau is the only winger with the skill set to drive a line offensively and he is on a line with two middle six wingers, one trying to play C and neither goal scorers.
Dube isn't a top line C. In addition to shacking that line, this impacts the other lines that need to take on additional defensive shifts. This hurts the Kadri line in particular.
The Flames are in an interesting spot. For the first time in a very long time they don't have a single bad player at any position. Their problem is that they have a shortage of great players and the players they do have don't fit together as well as they should. If you delete two of their great players it's going to have an impact.