We aren't getting a center to match up to McD or Mack.. Only thing we can do is get another good top 6 C, which will give us better C depth, so we don't have the 3rd line getting smoked each time a guy like Mack is on the ice.
There isn't going to be major changes to the roster.. other than Brodie and Jank maybe gone, so it's going to be up to Peters to make some adjustments to the system that help neutralize the Mack type players and the speed strategy Colorado used.
Only way we are going anywhere is if the first line grows a pair, have some internal growth from young players and Peters actually develops an effective strategy for the playoffs. I'm still in shock we got killed so bad, but some of the young guys are looking pretty good (Rasmus, Vali, Mang & Dube), so I hope these guys can continue to develop.
It's really an interesting time to be a Flames fan, as we have a pretty young core and some other good young players, but our Norris Dman is 35 and this core has shown nothing when it counts.. I'd rather nuke the whole thing than make the playoffs and get booted first round each year, which is what it kind of looks like might happen without some personal/strategy changes.