For clarity on my post above, the Flames had 4 guys in the top 40 last year (EVP), which is still amazing. And now they have removed their #6 and replaced him with a guy that was tied for 10th overall.
You can argue that there isn't enough ice-time for all of them to repeat that, which is fair and accurate - the difference in total EV ice-time between Weegar and Gudbranson was 415 minutes. But even if you factor that out, they are still easily #1 in the NHL.
The only other team that had 4 last year was FLA, but of course, now they only have 3
