- Seeing Johnny continue his rise of becoming an even better player - I think he goes over PPG this year
- Very excited to see what the Elliott/Johnson tandem does - my favorite goalie combo ever since I started watching hockey again. Hopefully they seriously stabilize this net.
- Cautiously optimistic (and also very excited) to see what a young coaching staff will do now - particularly Glen Gulutzan and how our systems will differ from Hartley (hopefully less dump-ins, stretch passes, more focus on possession)
- The continued growth of Hamilton and Brodie, hopefully a great and mostly healthy season from The Captain, and I wonder if under Gulutzan's system, will we witness just as much offense from the backend - will it be possible?
- Hopefully a breakout campaign for Sam Bennett
- The growth of Monahan and will he hit 30 goals this year as opposed to 27 in 2015-16?
- Will Tkachuk make the team? I think he gets 9 games in and goes back to junior but it will be interesting to see what happens. Shiny new toys/relatively unknowns - Pribyl, etc.
- Seeing what Brouwer can contribute to this young Flames lineup
- If Micheal Ferland can show more of what he did in the Canucks playoff round this year
- playoffs???
- And probably much more!
Going into the season cautiously optimistic, but very excited.