I really don't know how anyone who watched this team this year can argue that the Flames don't need to get bigger, stronger, and meaner (Black and Blue). The games the Flames won were against teams willing to run and gun with them and allow the Flames D to dictate the play. As soon as they played a bigger and stronger team that clogged up the middle, they were a terrible hockey team with next to no chance of winning. The Blues, the Coyotes, the Ducks, The Kings, The Red Wings, The Wild, The Sharks, etc. just completely walked all over this team. Most of the Flames wins came against Eastern conference teams and other floundering Western Conference teams not known for their physicality or defence (Oilers, Jets, Canucks, etc.).
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