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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
Man we get it, you wish the flames would commit to a full on tankathon and blow up the remaining core (let’s not focus on the fact that Conroy has dismantled a large portion already, and for a significant haul of futures) but alas the Flames are doomed, like your posts, to the purgatory of being in the mushy middle.
Yet you remarkably discount the incredible job the scouting staff, lead by GM CC, have done especially the past two years adding in 18 prospects to the pool including 4 more first round choices, all of which have a swing for the fences feel to them. But of course anything the flames do right in your eyes is them ‘getting lucky’ despite themselves which is a laughable take at this point. If you’re frustrated about the direction of this team it’s for the reason of being contrary IMO, it’s hard not to like and appreciate where this team is headed and it’s honestly a lot closer to the tear down model you yearn for versus the mushy middle you’re lamenting about. They flames got incredible performances from youth players last year in Wolf, Coronato, Zary, Pospisil and Klapka and if you’ve been at all participating in the CP prospects poll I think you’d realize that there seems to be a steady stream building there.
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Klapka played well but he likely projects as a 3rd to 4th liner. Pospisil I believe is ideally a 3rd liner. Zary and Coronato had solid years, but I still see 2nd liner being the most likely position long term for both.
So yes, we did get some great performances from rookies. But we still do not have any prospects that project as a 1st liner at forward. That is a significant problem with a retool, we have nothing to retool around. We do not have a 1st liner on the roster.
Wolf is incredible and I think one of the top goalies in the league if he keeps it up. But goalies can only do so much. Carey Price was the closest one recently to carrying his team to the cup, but even he couldn't do it. And goalies are extremely volatile as we see with Hellebuyck in the playoffs.