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Originally Posted by Textcritic
What went right for this team who lost a huge number of man/games to injury? Key players at every position spent time out of the lineup, and the Flames goalie situation never really stabilised until nearly the mid-point of the season. I have seen this refrain time and time again, but not with much in the way of a clear explanation about what all those things were that "went right."
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1.) Players fully committed to Hartley's work ethic
2.) "I hate losing" attitude clearly established
3.) Gio exceeding expectations
4.) Backlund rounded off into what we hoped
5.) Brodie emerges as top pairing D
6.) Monahan being Monahan
7.) Ramo looking legit
8.) Rookies took big steps
9.) Screwing over the Canucks
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Still end up 4th Overall and draft Sam
