I too believe that the flames will be better this next season. The real question is not if we will make the playoffs but should remain can we win the Stanley Cup?
Comparisons to Montreal are fair, but the rub has been that our players have shown more in the regular season than theirs but far less in the postseason. Maybe some of the new guys brought in help fix that, but the reality remains that our top players have underperformed in the playoffs consistently over their careers.
This is why I still think we need at least one more big change to the core. But I can see arguments against it as valid, we should indeed be a better team this year than what we showed last season.
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