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Originally Posted by ricardodw
I would definitely argue that the Flames 2015 off-season moves were significantly better on paper than 2016.
Had a team that won a playoff series. Had 2 goalies coming off a season that had the same Sv% as Elliot
to this playoff team the biggest loss was Schlemko... they added Hamilton, Frolik and Bennett and were getting Gio back from injury....
This year they have a lottery level team who have players coming off great individual (Gaudreau, Monahan, Gio, Brodie, Hamilton,Backlund, Bennett) seasons.
Out #1RW Hudler, #3D Russell, Top-6 forward Colborne top-9 forward Jones and replaced with -
top 6 forward Brouwer(Hudler), 3rd/4th line grinder Chaisson (Jones) , Wideman coming off injury/suspension(Russell) and 2 NHL 30+ year old level goalies who have been journeymen up to this point in their careers.
are Brouwer, Chaisson, Wideman, Vey, Shinkaruk, Elliott, Johnson >>> Hamilton, Frolik, Bennett, Gio ??
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It's a discussion of off-season moves, not how good the team is.
Bennett, Giordano, Wideman, how good the goaltending was, being a playoff team... none of those things are off-season moves.
Last year, they added Hamilton and Frolik. This season has already been covered.
They had one of the best off-seasons last year, then had the best (arguably) this year. Pretty impressive.