I will say this ...
experts generally don't know a whole lot. Do fans? No but who follows a team closer than fans? Local media? I think they see a lot of what fans do but can't be as honest about things for fear of looking like Jones at the Edmonton Sun (pom poms)
The Flames are not as bad as they are supposed to be, and therefore could once again be better than expected. They seem to exceed the sum of their parts. It's possible that their parts are actually undervalued and they are further ahead, and if that's the case, the addition of
a) top prospects
and
b) having a lot of cap space
could move this team forward really quickly.
Imagine if Gaudreau, Baertschi, Granlund etc push the team into a 8-10 spot by late January ... do they buy at the deadline with their cap space and go for it?
Will be fun to watch.
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