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Old 07-21-2017, 12:49 PM   #1
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Default Hockey News looks at the 2019-20 Flames

http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/ar...in-three-years

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In the summer of 2017, Treliving rolled the dice on 35-year-old stopper Mike Smith, and the blueline additions of Travis Hamonic and Michael Stone gave Calgary a top-rated blueline for the first time since the Stanley Cup title year of 1988-89.

With the Flames playing more of a possession game under coach Glen Gulutzan, and the beefed-up two-way blueline, the expectation is Smith need only supply league average goaltending or better to remain a competitive team capable of winning a playoff round or two. But what sort of reasonable growth is projected from the forward ranks?
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