There is merit to Jack Adams winners getting the axe not long after and that's because it usually goes to a coach that got his team to exceed expectations. It's a double edge sword as he did a fantastic job but the expectations have changed and overachieving teams tend to come down to earth at some point. A year ago today if you told me the 2015/16 Flames would have an 89 point season I would have looked at that positively as this time last year I was thinking the Flames would be in the McDavid sweepstakes. Now an 89 point season would be a big disappointment. I would like to think that barring a total collapse Hartley will survive this season even if they miss the playoffs but as we have seen three games into the season if the players aren't buying in the results are downright ugly for this group.
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