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Originally Posted by blankall
Kadri and Backlund are both excellent mentors. You can see how they've transformed the play of many young forwards.
I also think a lot of posters need to give up on the dream of a tank. I know the Flames not making the playoffs, makes everyone think they are too mid to succeed, but they also tied the record for most points without playoffs. In an 82 game season, they finished 5 points behind the Oilers and 2 points behind the Panthers.
The Flames are also a young team that is likely to get better not worse. Their presence brings more value than a decrease in draft position.
The Flames already traded their #1 center, #1 goalie, #1 RW (Toffoli), and several top 4 d-men. This year was the tank. Wolf emerging is not going to allow a legit tank. Injecting Parekh into the lineup is going to make that harder, as he fills a major hole on the team.
The Flames need an upgrade at centre, or at the very least another centre on Kadri's level. That's likely going to have to come from a trade or free agency, not the tank.
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If they don’t have a stop gap after trading Andersson the defence will be young and worse off.
The emergence of Wolf won’t hinder the team sucking. Plenty of good goalies play on ####ty teams.
Teams below us have better young talent. Utah, SJ, Anaheim.
We don’t need another Kadri we need a legit #1C. Tier 2 centers get eaten up in the playoffs. Look at Dallas and Carolina. Both lost to McDavid and Barkov.