At the beginning of the season, if a genie told me that (a) Gaudreau would score around 90 points; (b) Ferland would score over 20 goals; (c) Tkachuk would score on pace for around 60 points; (d) Hamilton would score over 40 points; (e) Monahan would score nearly 70 points; and Smith would have save percentage of .920; I would have bet my house that the Flames would be competing for the division title. Hard to understand where it all went wrong. Again.
It ain't easy being a Flames fan. Like all long suffering fans of loser teams, one can only hope that one day they will be good and that all this failure will make eventual success taste that much sweeter. Maybe one day...
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"Life of Russian hockey veterans is very hard," said Soviet hockey star Sergei Makarov. "Most of them don't have enough to eat these days. These old players are Russian legends."
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