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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
If they bring back the Smith/Rittich tandem I’m not so sure they make the playoffs next season. It was a down season in the Western Conference this season and teams will rebound and chances are the Flames will have some regression offensively. It would be Treliving’s biggest mistake yet and he’s made a few bad ones with Gulutzan, Brouwer, and Neal.
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I think it is likely that the Flames with the same level of goaltending make the playoffs next year. They posted a
+62 goal differential. Even with a regression to the mean there is every reason to think that they will still be top three in the Pacific Division. Who is taking their place?