I think the Flames will be an above average western team, playoff contending in 2 years from now. They look pretty good already and need some of the young blood to fill out a bit, plus, we do need some transaction help from the business side to get bigger.
Once we do that and this team gels a bit more, they'll be good. The key is keeping up the work ethic which Hartley has.
Anyone blaming Hartley as a primary reason for the Flames existing issues is simply not watching close enough or just being purposely "devil's advocate guy" which is so fataing lame.
Anyway the reality is that we watched 4 years of lazy and so to see this group is just extremely refreshing. Their commitment is ridiculous. When have we seen so many guys blocking shots?
Last night Lance Bouma blocked a shot and the score was some stupid thing like 5-0 or whatever. When do you ever see that?
Were the Ducks in last night's game moon? Personally I think they're a Stanley Cup contender, don't you? Should they toss Boudreau? You don't have to be in every game, but you should be in most of them and the Flames are. You can't even debate that really. Look at the stats posted earlier in this thread.
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