Pretty much suspected a veteran laden line up based on Darryl's history. But I have to admit, I thought this was the off season that we'd see at lease one core player traded. To not see that was colossally disappointing and on top of it all, I did not expect the Flames to let their #1 minute muncher (Gio) go whilst replacing him with Nikita Zadorov.
I think this organization is going backwards in their feeble attempt to just sneak into the playoffs. The back end took a major step back, the forward group will likely have the same secondary scoring woes they've always had. Entertainment wise, the hockey could potentially be down right dreadful.
This is the most indifferent I've felt going in to a season in a long time. It just looks like a team that's going to fight to make the playoffs and likely miss again or maybe squeak into the playoffs and be annihilated by the #1 seed. My leash for this team will be extremely short this season and my SN Now account will end before the season does; so if the product is as bad as I fear it could be, I have no problem cancelling my account and dropping the interest I have in this team straight off a cliff.
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