I think some folks are nervous of the losing because of what's going on north of Calgary.
Don't worry about that though, the Flames aren't being run by dumb and dumber the way the Oilers were for all those years. Treliving craps out better hockey decisions than those two buffoons could ever come up with in their collective life times.
What's more likely to happen here IMO, is kind of what happened in Florida.
They have some nice young pieces and some decent vets, manage to squeak into the playoffs and make a run. Then they fall back to earth, have a bad couple of years but manage to snag guys like Ekblad and Barkov at the top of the draft.
Now they are trending towards being a very good team for a very long time.
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