It seems that the consensus on this thread is much the same that the majority of CP posters ( me included) had last summer going into the season.
This team as assembled is ready to become a serious contender.
The biggest problem is that they have too many quality NHL d-men and too many prospects just waiting to play top-4 minutes.
All the pieces are in place with the exception of a top 6 RW that maybe Versteeg can fill if he comes back from injury. Otherwise sign Taveres and move Backlund/Jankowski to the best #3/4 centres in the league.
There are no viable trades to be made as the overall greatness of the individual Flames players along with the tremendous value contracts should make the team they are trading with give up top-6 / top-4 players that are under ELC or RFA status and some draft picks as well.
2016-17 It was all on Elliott (and Brouwer)
2017-18 It was all on coaching (and Brouwer)
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