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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
The current Flames to me seem so close, but so far away. By that I mean, all the cogs are in place. They have the work ethic, goaltending, decent defense, and ok depth on forward. But they lack the motor... a true number 1 center. It's just so hard to get one outside of really high draft picks, and even then, you might need more than one shot to get one.
As someone else mentioned, this team may have already reached its bottom point for the foreseeable future and it might be time to pivot and figure out how to get better now without going the lottery route.
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They're actually short probably three game breaking players. Two forwards and at least one defensemen, and that's
if Parekh turns into a top defender. I think fans are a little dizzy over the wins in year one of this rebuild and thinking we're just one or two players away from being a contender. We're not.
Pepsifree is right though, we may be stuck not drafting high, meaning we'll be in serious trouble trying to fill those elite spots to become a contender. It would take a miracle to acquire what we need to become a contender without drafting top 5, but I guess we may have to try our best to patch up a playoff team that could possibly do damage at some point.