It's not the worst team ever. It's not the worst team right now. But it's not one of the 8 best in the conference, either. I guess my point is that playoff performance (the Steve Thomas factor) is of much greater value to the Pittsburghs of the world than it is to the Islanders. The latter should be more concerned about what its star players contribute to organizational development so that they can actually make the postseason next year or the year after and go from there. St. Louis, basically.
Feaster can expect, or say he expects, whatever he likes. In my estimation the expectation for the Flames should be finishing ahead of the Avalanche and Oilers. Making the playoffs should be the goal, I guess, but as an expectation... no. It would be overacheiving.
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