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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I don't see it as utter nonsense. Without Johnson's hot play in middle of season, this team is in the lottery.
Guaranteeing playoffs for the Flames with a year of comparable play from Elliott feels like homerism. This team needs to get better in net and other places too.
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Of course they need to get better, but I cannot fathom why anyone is expecting the Flames to be significantly worse.
Why should I be persuaded to ignore Johnson's string of strong games? Virtually every team in the NHL every year has a goalie or two who will experience similar streaks. The best goalies can maintain the same level of play consistently, which is what separates them from the pack of merely competent NHL goalies who will vacillate between periods of excellent and average play,
which is what the Flames got from their goalies last season. The Flames will get the same level of goaltending next year from almost any combination of NHL goalies.
It will be great if the goaltending is better; I see no good reason to expect that it will be any worse.