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Originally Posted by tko

Yeah fair enough, I get why you think they will suck ... Most do.

I did say that I think we will be better than those teams because of our leadership (Gio mainly) coaching and an influx of some more good youth (hopefully). I didn't mean to insinuate that we have improved substantially in those areas, but I also don't believe we are any worse either.

Hey I know I'm in the minority here in regards to possible improvement (red colored glasses lol)



Gio is an incredible captain that leads by example, every single night (one of the better leaders in the league) I don't put much stock in losing Cammy or gaining Raymond tbh. I also believe we have one of the best coaches in the league. Add in another year for colborne, monahan, backlund, and Brodie, add in some more GOOD young talent, Gaudreau, Poirier, or Grandlund possibly, maybe Bennett. They were 'in' almost every game, tons of one one goal games. This was with Gio, Glencross, Ramo out for a period of time. Even cammalleri and wideman were out for awhile. Hiller has to be an improvement on Berra. Berra cost us quite a few games.



Anyways, Like I said I know I'm in the minority here, but I like what's happening and I stand by my call and I believe the flames will be better in the standings than the oilers, jets, Canucks 😃. It's okay to disagree tho.



Part of me hopes I'm wrong ................ McDavid

Good post. I agree. More things went wrong for the flames last year than went right and I think that led to a worse record than they deserved. Both goalies were below average for the first half of the year. Plus the flames outplayed opponents in most games. Came out on the wrong end of 1 goal games that they deserved to win. Improvements in goaltending this year could be a huge boost. Plus the young players getting better and given top six roles could surprise a few people.