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Originally Posted by Corral
This is what i don't understand. The Flames were easily swept from the 1st round and then acquired an older goaltender to run as the #1 and an underperforming Dman to fill out the top 4. I don't see what basis BT had for assuming top ten this year - its like the Flames thought falsely like many others here that somehow the california teams would just drop off ... instead i think each of those three teams have several years in them yet with their current rosters which means bad things for Calgary unless some real changes or drastic improvements internally are made here.
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I think the thinking at the time was the division was moving to Alberta with the younger uplifting Calgary and Edmonton teams taking the top of the division away from the aging California teams.
That could still be true ... but the Oilers and their depth/cap issues and the Flames with a step back coupled with the California teams putting it together has given pause to the overall theory.