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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Mods should make a poll: Will this be the worst iteration of the Flames in franchise history? 66 points would make that a reality, which will happen if team fails to get more than 10 points in their last 18 games. Going 5-13 or worse down the stretch will ensure the worst record in franchise history. For the record, I believe they will get 67 points or worse.
Crazy when you think about the success of last season combined with tangible roster upgrades over the summer. Quite the fascinating story if you can get past how painful this is. If that happens, I just hope we can get draft higher than the 6 OA they managed the last time they set a low water mark.
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This team just isn't as bad as those mid 90's teams, not even close. I watched both eras and the Young Guns were a substantially worse team.
The difference is the NHL is way better now than right in the middle of expansion. Back then there was like 8-10 bad teams. Right now there's one really bad roster (TOR), one pretty unbalanced one (EDM) and then the rest of the league has a decent amount of talent IMO.
In my time of watching hockey this is the deepest the league has been in terms of the talent and the best the league has been overall. Not many free wins in today's NHL. As gloomy as some of you may be right now we're only a few pieces from being a playoff contender, that's how tight the league is.