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So you are counting on the following to occur again:
1. McDavid to play 25 minutes a night to carry your team during the regular season;
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nope, maintain last year's total...stay healthy and I see him hitting 100+ points
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2. Zero significant injuries;
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isn't that every team?
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3. Draisatl to magically learn to put up points away from McDavid, or to maintain his impossible shooting percentage from the playoffs;
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nope....maintain his versatility of playing center and wing
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4. Someone to magically replace Sekeras minute u til January;
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January? maybe worst case scenario...November probably best case
but yeah, Benning or Nurse is gonna get elevated minutes for the first 25 games
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5. Talbot to channel Brodeur again and play 75 elite games covering up a defence that gave up way too many danger area scoring chances;
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nope....Talbot simply maintaining his save% and allowing Broissoit more starts...hope 15 games for Broissoit
the good thing is Talbot....like Kipper...is a workhorse
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6. Maroon to triple his average goals again;
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he's probably due for a down year...hopefully the collection of an RNH bounce-back season, McDavid scoring more goals, Caggulia to continue developing will cover some of the "lost" goals
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7. Strome to suddenly pull it all together and replace Eberles goals;
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Strome had 7 less goals in 12 less games than Eberle and was on pace for 5 less goal per 82 games
he doesn't need to improve that dramatically
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8. A butter soft schedule.
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no back-to-backs until mid-November with a home heavy schedule to start is pretty soft
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The Flames are clearly crazy thinking our significantly improved defence (pre stone last year) and potentially getting decent goaltending will improve our team...and maybe our best two forwards not battling injuries for parts of the year. Man, we are nuts.
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Flames need to significantly improve their regulation record since they were the only team to make the playoffs with a below .500 record