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Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta
The only way it makes sense for me is if the Flames can trade for another young centre. Say you sign Marner, but also find a way to maybe trade for a bit of a reclamation project in someone like Zegras. Maybe for our Florida 1st?
Huberdeau-Kadri-Marner
Zary-Zegras-Coronato
Farabee-Frost-Sharangovich
Coleman-Backlund-Klapka
Lomberg
Hanley-Weegar
Pachal/Bean-Andersson
Bahl-Parekh
Wolf
With continued progression for Zary and Coronato, along with maybe a change of scenery providing Zegras a bounce back, those forward lines are full of depth and perhaps slot Backlund into a better spot to focus on defense since his offensive game seems to have fallen off a cliff. Flames draft a centre this year and work to fill up the centre depth with our 1st this year and 2 1sts next year to prepare for Backlund eventually retiring.
Parekh adds a new offensive aspect to the backend and hopefully improves the PP along with Marner being a speedster who I think would mesh well with Kadri and Huberdeau. Then we have D prospects like Mews, Bruz, Poirier, Morin and Poirier ready to jump in and fill spots taken by Hanley/Bean/Pachal at some point. Pachal seems like a perfect 6/7 D but Bean and Hanley are good stop gaps for the time being.
Then Wolf in net. I like the look of that lineup.
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This team looks like a borderline playoff tea, still, even if Zegras plays like he did when he first made the NHL.
I think this team would make it though, but still not a threat to win once we are there. I also put some numbers in and it probably is over the cap depending on what Marner gets and what contracts Coronato, Zary and Bahl get.
The following year we need to pay Wolf. We would get better but then be in a bad spot very soon and looking to rebuild in 2-3 years. Might as well do it now.