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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
...The pessimist in me thinks the Flames will once again fail to be anything more than decidedly average, despite improvements "on paper". That's just how they roll...
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It is funny that you say this, because the last time the Flames made improvements "on paper" they won the Division. Last off season they made some arguably lateral moves in swapping out Neal for Lucic and Mike Smith for Cam Talbot, but then they also suffered a pretty critical setback with Valimaki's season-ending injury. I actually tend to think we should expect improvements from the Flames this year precisely because of how last season played out—with several of their best players having unusually poor seasons—combined with the pretty sizeable improvements they have made.