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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Quantify on the rise for me.
Did the roster improve through those 4 years? How?
Their big move was bringing in a new #1 goalie who proceeded to deliver AHL quality goaltending
So why were they on the rise? What improvements to the rosters were made?
Other big moves were to let Eric Staal walk, and the emergence of guys like Terevainen and Aho.
I can't think of any significant roster additions though beyond that. So why were people expecting improvement?
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A team that went from tha bubble to the playoffs is a team on the rise.
The roster improved in the sense they had a fair bit of high picks in the past we just traded for 2 players they took 5th overall.
I think last year bringing in Williams and Darling were supposed to be the moves that pushed them to the playoffs. Darling was bad and by all accounts was not in shape.
Like I said I am skeptical but remain optimistic. I am predicting the Flames make a run at the division title this year so I am excited but at this stage I would be more excited if we had AV for Sutter behind the bench. I really hope to eat crow here.