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Originally Posted by belsarius
I agree. I wanted to see them in a playoff spot with an over .500% win% at American Thanksgiving and on pace with the snake. All those goals were met.
100point season with a top 3 division spot is still doable. I didn't expect them to make a run for the cup the first year the window starts to crack open, instead a solid position instead of sneaking into 7 or 8th in the last week of the season. All of which is still easily doable imo.
There is lots still to work on, PK was horrible but improving and I don't think they are playing the system properly like in the second half of last year. Still feels very run and gunish instead of puck control. Defense could use a change up, and the bottom 6 need a shot of adrenaline. Top line is better than expected, bottom 6 is less, goalie is more, defense is less, so it all evens out to a 95-100 point team.
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Flames bottom 6 doesn't necessarily need a shot of adrenaline, but the 4th line needs a complete overhaul.
Stajan is completely washed up, Lazar and Freddie are hopeless and Brouwer and Versteeg are well past their prime and in major decline, so there is little to suggest even those 2 will perform much better than what they're doing now at any point this year.