Officially the worst take I've seen on HF.
Can't stop cringing at all the awful takes in this ONE single post.
If that is the worst you have seen on HF, than you need to come to HF more often and visit other threads for other teams and the
General Hockey Discussion section.
The top part is something that is debatable but the rest of that post is pretty much bang on.
"We already know what Backlund tops out at so there's not much to say. 2 way pk specialist with little offense, 2nd/3rd line career player. The issue is Bennett was projected as our franchise #1 and is looking to be a bottom 6 player. Monahan, he doesn't generate and never has. He finishes, big difference between a generator like Gaudreau or Tanguay and a finisher like Monahan or Iginla. Backlund's game varies little to none, even at his worst he still plays close to his regular self."
Bolded part is not correct, Backlund is more than that and he has proven that. The underlined part, I agree with, Sam Bennett was projected to be the number #1 center and he is not looking good right now, this can all change but I don't blame anyone looking at that draft and being down because Nylander and Ehlers are better players right now, than Sam Bennett but that can change. the Italiced part, I somewhat disagree with, Monahan does not generate enough offence, he need to to generate more offence but he is a good player and a great finisher and he is underrated by some fans, having said that, watching Monahan play and than seeing Auston Matthews and Connor McDavid play, we can safely say that he is not a legit #1 center and won't win many championship alone.
"Monahan and Gaudreau have larger swings in quality of play but atleast they have a higher ceiling, our problem is a lot of our guys have a low ceiling. Ferland, Lazar, Bennett, Versteeg, Frolik, Backlund and Brouwer all have very low skill ceilings unfortunately. None of them can create much gap or scoring chances in the o-zone. Makes it really easy for the opposition to just wait for Gaudreau, we are similar to Edmonton in that if our #1 offensive player is shutdown there's no other skill to generate good chances. When it's not Johnny setting up a shot all we do is fire telegraphed perimeter shots into the crest. Bring on Janko and the bread eater."
The only thing that I don't like is including Backlund in the low ceiling category, other than Backlund and Bennett(for now) the rest of the players mentioned are a dime a dozen. Backlund is a good player, that makes players around him good and because of Backlund some players have had career years and have cashed in and sucked after taken off of Backlund's wing. The rest of the statement is correct. We shit on the Oilers for being a one line team, the Flames are the same to start off the season(this will hopefully/likely change) and Jankowski needs to be up with the big team.
"They need to stop thinking asset management and just let the coach ice the best lineup regardless of cap hit or lack thereof. Sit 7 million if we have to, we need to take the pressure off Johnny."
This is something that I totally agree with, we don't have our 1st Round pick this year(in a very good draft), the Flames should be doing everything to make sure that they are giving them selves the best opportunity to win and if that means sitting out Brouwer and Stajan at some point, so be it.
