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Originally Posted by TheSquatch
Do you guys really feel like the Flames are a piece or two away from contention, and that there's a legit, for real, window to win, right now?
Cuz I just don't see that. There's nice pieces here for sure, but the idea that a coach takes this team to the finals or something...
I remember Sutter coming under fire here last time he was coach for having such a deliberate, boring system, and he more or less said "Hey, I'd love to play a wide open game, but we just don't have the horses."
And that's where this team is at. Swapping Reider for Jankowski etc, guys other teams wouldn't claim on waivers. That's the depth here.
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11 seconds away from (likely) defeating a team that is in the Western Conference finals. Goaltending fell apart in the later part of the series as well.
Add in Kuemper and a better coach? I like where we are - but to get over this hump, we need a top end goalie and a top end coach.