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Originally Posted by blankall
Exactly.
When Gaudreau/Tkachuk walked, it still looked like the Flames had all the pieces but the top end offensive pieces. The defence, goaltending, and depth is extremely difficult to put together.
Now, the defensive depth isn't there, the goalies aren't playing well, and the top end superstar (Huberdeau), which was potentially an improvement, is playing like a 2nd liner.
If things had been like this last year, we probably wouldn't have run into the Oilers in the playoffs, and tear it down would've been the unquestionable answer.
The Flames are leading the league in posts hit. The also went from having some of the best injury luck in the league to the some of the worst. So a lot of what's going on is luck based and could even out.
People also underestimate how thin the line is between contender and bubble team. The Flames aren't the only team with an amazing season last year now playing below expectations.
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Agree with everything but the bolded...we are still top 5 most fortunate this season:
https://twitter.com/user/status/1622762411777306627
OK all year
Tanev's missed 10
Andersson and Huby 3 each
Our top 13 skaters by TOI (all over 15 mins) have missed a total of 19 games, and 10 of those are Tanev.