Unsure why trade thread locked... so I'll bring this here so I don't lose the post I started... Would love to have it moved to the trade thread if possible tho.
It’d be nitpicking to debate most of this with you, but “not a top 10 group of wingers” is downright false describing the Flames. We are easily top 3 in the league, and maybe the best group out there. Find another team with two wingers well over a point per game, another winger on pace for 40 goals, a 50-70 point guy in toffoli, then depth pieces like Coleman and Lucic. Dube is now our 7th best winger on this roster, and he’d be playing top 6 on a lot of teams.
If I'm wrong on the "not a top 10, I'm wrong". I won't argue. I just gut estimated it and for my estimate, I don't think I was thinking of Toffoli. My point was that we're seemingly a jack of all trades, master of none group which is why we lament as a fan base that we aren't a contender (which basically has a whole bunch of categories in the guaranteed top 3/5 and 10. Our group is perhaps something like a bunch of top 5/10 and 15 kind of calibre group.
You guys are probably right that we are likely in the top 5 for wingers and even possibly in the top 3. I'll take your word for it. I literally have not checked.
You dont think we have a top 10 wing? Im having a hard time naming 3 better off the top of my head
It was a ball park estimate and I may have forgotten to include Toffoli and if it seemed like we might be close to being on par off the top of my head, I ranked us below them to be conservative.
You guys are probably right. My point is that we're seemingly a jack of all trades team on the verge of a Cinderella run or a bunch of early round exits rather than a solid 2-3 more seasons of serious contention. However, a top 6C might help that.