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Originally Posted by Mike F
However, this year's group has a chance to be notably better, if: Monahan and Colborne grow the way two young players with a successful year under their belts can; Gaudreau (or one of the other young kids in that slot) prove to be truly NHL ready; Backlund shows that the 2nd half of last year wasn't a mirage; the Bollig - Bouma - Wolf line can handle a true 3rd line energy & checking role, rather than 4th line spot duty as the Raymond - Stajan - Setoguchi line is way too small IMO to play that role.
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That's a whole lot of "ifs".
Then you have the if Giordano can repeat a career year, and if Hiller can rebound from his slide.
With so many if's you have to be really lucky to have most of them go the right way.
I would say the Flames roster looks about the same as last season, and the same results at season's end wouldn't surprise me.