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Originally Posted by TheScorpion

A lot of the discussions happening here right now are eerily similar to what we saw last year.

Ryan is terrible, Frolik is terrible, Jankowski is terrible, Bennett is terrible. All of them are fourth-liners.

Last year, the Flames had two wins and two losses through four games. This year, they have two wins and two losses through four games.

Ryan, Frolik, Jankowski, and Bennett had combined for three points through four games last year. This year, they've combined for two.

Those four finished the season with a total of 121 points. They helped the Flames to win 50 games.

The sky isn't falling. This team is a good team, and it has a ton of good players. Some players have started slower, but all of Bennett, Jankowski, Frolik, and Ryan have showed that they have the capability to be very effective depth players.

Ryan in particular. IIRC there was a lot of complain about him early last year. He steadily got better. I suspect he's a slow starter, plus he's got a new linemate who is quite a bit different than he had before.