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Originally Posted by dammage79
But if we get a center now they'll play their way out of drafting one at the draft!!
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Whether they get one via trade or not , folks are going to have to accept that this team looks to be shaping into a team that will pick 11-16 than top ten.
Trust me, I want one of those top 5 centers too. Badly. Don't care about handedness. Flames need one of them. But I also will not expend energy to negativity if they finish mid pack like they want to.
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Which means we'll be drafting in the late 20s, because CGY's pick in range 11+ transfers to MTL. Which yeah, that's cruddy.
Too early to call it for sure, but it doesn't take a long period of play at a .900 level to exclude yourself from the top-10 spots in a draft. I expect in time we'll see the league 'up their game' after we get through this early season run and that'll make things tougher for the Flames. Once the opposition begins matching their compete level, the lack of skill we begin to become a bigger problem.
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Originally Posted by Goriders
How are the teams with all those top 5 generational players doing this year?
Edmonton 2nd last in division
Colorado 2nd last in division
Shouldn’t they be undefeated?
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Colorado won a Stanley Cup.
Edmonton was in the Stanley Cup Finals last year.
Tampa won multiple Stanley Cups.
Florida won the Stanley Cup last year.
...not sure anyone really cares about standings in October.