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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
...I get that sports rivalries are different and sports is by nature competitive but questioning when our rivals will be able to compete with us is maybe a little premature.
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Does it really bother you that much? I can't imagine why.
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Two of the three finished with more points than us this year so they seem to be competing OK so far.
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The Flames trounced one of these teams in the playoffs, and the other managed to beat the Flames only once in three games last season, in a meaningless game in which Calgary sat most of their starters.
Given the off season improvements the Flames have made, added to their relative regular season domination of the Jets, and the arguably slight downgrade in roster depth that Winnipeg has suffered this summer, it seems reasonable to me to expect that they are not about to suddenly overwhelm the Flames.