Dom Luszczyszyn is again writing a long-form preview for every team this pre-season. It is impressive how much work he puts into each team so all are worth checking out if you are interested in the entire league, or even just particular teams who catch your eye.
Behind a paywall so only including a few key parts. The Athletic is well worth signing up for if you haven't already, in my opinion, and they have sales as often as Canadian Tire and Banana Republic so you shouldn't have to pay full price if you're patient.
Calgary Flames 2021-22 season preview: Playoff chances, projected points, roster rankings
*Depth charts were chosen by each team's beat writer at the time of writing, so I believe this roster is from Hailey Salvian on September 29.
Outlook
"The Flames are the league’s most middling team with a point projection closest to average and an expected win percentage closest to .500. The distribution of results above shows exactly what I meant in the lede in terms of best and worst case scenarios. Even for average teams, the likelihood of being exactly that is essentially one-in-four at 23 percent. That leaves a 77 percent chance that the team will be literally anything else. For the Flames, there’s an 18 percent chance they’re a 100-point team or better and a nearly equal chance they’re an 85-point team or worse."