In fact, I think the Flames picked the perfect season to suck. I think they're capable of far better than a 14-15 place finish (yet no better than a bubble team). But due to a lot of factors including inconsistency, goaltending/injuries, coaching/system changes, and bad bounces or even a lack of bounces early in the year, it's sort of fallen apart on them pretty quickly. But we're 20 games from this season being history. Potentially pretty short pain here. And a strong and talented draft to be gifted a top 5 pick in. Could bode well for a quick bounce back if the cards are played right.
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