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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
The Flames have a foundation of very solid depth players, both in the NHL and in the prospect pool.
What they lack is "superstar" players on the NHL squad.
And as of right now it doesn't seem like they have any "superstar" players in the prospect cupboard either, although a couple may come out of the woodwork. For example, players like Wolf and Brzustewicz have been superstars as prospects, whether they can find that success in the NHL is questionable, although not impossible.
Conroy and his crew really need to nail the next couple of drafts for sure if they are going to build a contender.
The good news is if they can unearth a couple stars somewhere they have the depth to fill out the roster behind them and the cap space to pay them long term (hopefully they don't waste the cap space on UFA day).
And although you can't rely on it, a little luck would help too. Starting with a Celebrini to kick this sucker off.
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Add a scoring top six winger and a top six center this team looks entirely different.
Team needs. Clear number one defencemen. Top six and bottom six centers. Add thise to what we have this is probably a bubble team as soon as next year.
Although personally would like to be in the top ten again next year. Ya a lottery win to first or second would be huge. With a second pick i think they take catton or Buium or Dickinson. Just not sure with injury concerns where lindstrom fits anymore.