According to Mirtle, Calgary was the lightest team in the NHL last year, 2.5 pounds smaller than the Habs, nearly 8 lbs off the league average. The biggest team in the NHL, San Jose, was 6 lbs bigger than the average. That's how small the Calgary Flames were. If you do as Mirtle does and remove two big guys from the lineup, say, McGrattan and Westgarth, I'm sure it would be much more obvious.
Calgary is so far off that it will be difficult to go anywhere but up.
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