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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo
He's not supposed to be an improvement on Ramo. Ramo is still here.
He's replacing Berra, which is indeed an upgrade.
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Ramo wasn't that good least year and we're going to have him again this year. Hiller may be an improvement on Berra but he may not be. Hiller has declined a lot and that's why he was let go. Even if he is better than Berra was, he isn't going to be our starter. Our goaltending may have increased but if so it's only slightly and there is no way of knowing if it even did.
Our goaltending is as much of a question mark as it was a year ago.
Our D is not better. We may get a full year of Wideman but we may get a normal year of Gio. We went from Bad to Bad on defence, there are too many "if's" and "but's" but it hasn't improved enough to say otherwise.
Our forwards look worse.
People are going to say that our young players and rookies can step up but the same goes for other teams. The Flames aren't the only team with young players to make impacts. To improve, you need to add a better player and the Flames haven't done that in any position other than backup goalie which is still to be determined. The Flames roster looks worse than last years but could end up being better if a lot of things go right but the odds are they'll do worse.