Some thoughts:
Sucks to lose to the Oilers but losing in the second round is a pretty common thing that happens to good teams. Not a waste of a season or anything like that. It happened to the Hurricanes last season, the Avs three years straight, and the Bruins 2 of the last 3 playoffs. Disappointing end no doubt, but making it to the final four is damn hard and we got a lot of fun hockey.
I'm worried about the future because this would be a fine growth year if the Flames weren't facing a contract crunch. It'll be very interesting to see if they can bring everyone back.
The Kylington criticism is bizarre to me. I thought he played really well overall in his first full season and playoffs. I have no doubt they will bring him back.
Hanifin and Andersson took huge strides this season but they lost the battle against superstars in this series. Hopefully they return to the playoffs next year and benefit from this experience.
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