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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
You can't compare the situation to Montreal it's night and day
in goal differential they were only -14 over 82 games and should have been closer to the 7-9 spot in the East based on that
the Flames are -34 over 37 games so far this year
Montreal is also strong down the middle which they could build off
I think anyone expecting a quick turnaround like the Habs is going to be very disappointed
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So you are saying that Montreal was a strong 28th place team???
And the year before that Calgary was the best 10th place team in the History of the league with a +13 goals diff and were a shoe in for the playoff in 2011-12.
The big difference in Montreal last year was the Hockey ops were in a mess as they had an English speaking coach.
They changed back to a Pure Laine Quebecois.... Hartley might have fit BUT his name sounded too English.
Maybe the Flames are being punished/cursed for tuning their back on red-neck hard working no-nonsense Albertans.
When Davidson was available Edwards should have made him an offer to take over all hockey ops. What a missed opportunity.
In this cap league it is all about value for money...... Flames did not have it for the last 4-5 years BUT next year the page is clean.... they have as much cap space to work with as anyone else and actually more available money to spend than most.