I don’t agree this was supposed to be a team fighting for 4th they should be fighting for 1st or 2nd. Only the Leafs looked better on paper and while the Flames don’t have the high end forwards the Oilers or even Jets have they had a superior blueline and supposedly had depth that would be enough to have them compete with the top heavy teams.
This team failed because they could not score goals and we saw their top players take a step back or side step instead of step forward. Markstrom was far too inconsistent in year 1 of his deal but the goal scoring is still the biggest issue
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