I think Flames fans are going through what Oiler fans went through for the last couple years. Expectation went up too quickly as we started to develop some young talent. Most people said this was going to be a 5 year rebuild and the Flames are now in that spot where on paper we look a lot better but really we don't stack up against the best teams yet. I said before the season I believed this would be the last year of the rebuild and I'm sticking with that. IMO there is too much wasted cap space at this point to expect big things and guys like Bennett and Tkachuk are way to young to expect big production.
Next year if things aren't working I would think BT would start to take some heat. Too early to blame him and there are still a ton of positives with the team and its future. Stockton's play along with Tkachuk's play should have flames fans excited. Gaudreau and Monahan will get going soon. Bennett has stepped up a bit this year as well. It's part of the process not every young player scores 70 points before they hit 22
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