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Originally Posted by traptor
What ifs are obviously a fools errand, but I do feel like we had the players to be a consistent contender for a long if the "band" stayed together.
Some form of:
Jg - lindholm - monahan
Zary - bennett - chucky
Mang - backs - coleman
Hanifin - rasmus
Kylington - tanev
Zadorov
Marky
Vladar
Could be a contender. Really unfortunate how badly it was managed.
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Looking back on things, it's amazing that the Flames were never able to figure out how to put two consistent scoring lines together. It was always one pure offence line that got shut down in the playoffs. Just playing Bennett/Tkachuk and Gaudreau/Lindholm as two separate pairings, likely would have done wonders. Backlund was great, but should have been a third line shut down centre, not a linemate to offensively orientated players on the second line.
Once again, for me this is hindsight. At the the time I was probably pushing for two way play too.