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Originally Posted by Goriders
Just to play devils advocate. Between 2018 and 2021 we had:
Lindholm #5
Monahan #6
Bennett #4
Hanifin #5
Tkachuk #6
Jagr #5 (2018 only)
Unless I missed it we didn’t win the cup.
I thought it was guaranteed.
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The Flames 100% had the personal to win a cup. Tkachuk/Bennett actually are a first line forward pairing of a cup winning team. The arguments about drowning in mediocrity for decades, due to lack of high end drafting, kind of go out the window. The Flames spent the last decade in mediocrity because they refused to play Bennett and Tkachuk together in the top 6 and Monahan got injured.
Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Bennett-X
This is a potential Stanley Cup winning combo. On top of that they had a Norris winning d-man in there too. Coaching and management were the issue, not drafting.