I think most of the players are filling their roles. Many that had poor seasons last year are back on track.
Markstrom, Mangiapane being the big turnarounds. Coleman is also having a good year.
Many new promising young players that are fitting in well. Zary, Posipisal, Gilbert, Ruzicka
I think or defence has improved from last season. Anderson is a difference maker. Weegar has been solid too.
Duehr seems to have lost momentum. Wondering if it’s time for him to go back down. Dube seems to have taken a step backwards.
The flames problem in my mind is they don’t have a top line. I think it’s mainly because they are paying $10.5 million to Huberdeau and he’s playing like a $5 million dollar player. They essentially have two second lines and a third and fourth line. The silver lining to this is they could probably trade anyone. So gives you a lot of flexibility.
One or two consistent goal scorers with have such an impact on their lineup. I guess any team could say that. But I think the Flames sorely lack that kind of player.
They have improved as a team quite a bit in the last 10 games or so. But the hole they dug for themselves at the start of the season was quite substantial. Hopefully they keep improving.
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