Someone could look at Calgary and make the same tanking claims - they traded Iginla and Bouwmeester and injected some kids with very little or no NHL experience onto the roster.
Without Kipper they lose last night.
Carolina is not only without Ward but have been without their backup most of the season and had Ruutu for only 11 games
Florida lost Theodore, Weiss, Weaver, Upshall, Versteeg, and Jovanovski for long stretches.
Tampa had horrendous goaltending pre-Bishop and pretty much only one line.
Colorado had Landeskog concussed and take time to return to form, and have also not had Downie for the whole year as well as ROR's holdout. Hejduk, Stastny, et al have been trending downward anyway, and they have more wins then Calgary the last little bit.
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