Islanders were a team that got better after their best player walked for nothing so the same will happen for the Flames?
I think we saw a similar bump the Isles did when we lost Gio but the correlation is the coaching change. Islanders got Trotz the same summer they lost JT. Sutter had his first full season with the Flames after Gio left. The Flames are not all of a sudden going to get a coach bump like the Islanders got because they already got that last year with the full training camp with Big D.
Ultimately if Johnny leaves and is not replaced the Flames go from a team that looked to be a contender to likely a bubble team. Losing Johnny is a critical blow to winning a cup and could put this team in the spot the 07-12 Flames were in which is battling for the final playoff spots.
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