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Originally Posted by Bingo
I dispassionately laid out the whole roster in the game day thread.
Where do you disagree.
I see 5 upper roster players and then a bunch of third liners and third pairing players.
The goalie is here so that's handled.
But they are four forwards short and two or three defensemen short of being a balanced competitive hockey team.
Where do you differ?
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I don't disagree with the defensive pairings. I think we have 2 too pairing D men and the rest are third line guys except Parekh who from what I have seen is being held back from using his strengths as a puck moving D man except for one game where they were behind so badly that he was given the green light to create.
If the Flames used a more East/West system I think Huberdeau returns to the norm for him which was an 80-100 point player. Other guys who I think are top 6 capable forwards under such a system are Kadri, Coronato, Frost, Zary, Sharangovich. Borderline top 6 or high end 3rd line players are Backlund, Coleman, Farabee, and Pospisil. Unknown ceiling is Klapka.
My point is people saying the roster is as bad as their offensive numbers indicate are wrong. They are on pace to score the least amount of goals in a modern NHL season. Can you honestly look at this group and say they are the worst forward group in modern history? I don't think they are even the worst forward group in the NHL this year let alone ever.