Lightning gained Stamkos, Sergachev and Gourde. Point broke out in his sophomore season. That's a huge improvement from their 2017 team, as all they lost was Drouin. Their second best defenseman and second, third and fourth point producers are huge changes to a team.
Maybe Tkachuk improves like Point and Laine did (not necessarily to Laine's level but improve by 10+ goals).
But the Flames don't have a Stamkos coming in, or a Gourde or Sergachev. Again, sort of poor comparisons to make when these teams made significant improvements in the off-season. If the Flames make similar improvements then it makes sense to compare.
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