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Originally Posted by ComixZone
We spent a 1st in 2025 to build this roster was all I was getting at. They've sunk a future 1st round pick to build this mess.
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Not directing this solely at you, but just in general.
Is it really a mess? Or is it just bad luck, untimely bad goaltending?
If you were to watch most games and did not see the goals or score, you would more often than not say that the Flames controlled play, if not dominated.
They have hit so many posts, if they are mid-pack in goals posts, they are comfortably in a playoff spot.
They have had their goalies give up back-breaking goals at the exact wrong time. Markstrom is better than he has shown and I feel like that could just as easily turn around next year. Even average Markstrom goaltending and they are comfortably in a playoff spot.
The OT record is an anomaly. Win a few more of those and again, comfortably in a playoff spot.
I know that we have to live in reality, and these tings have happened, but this is probably the absolute worst case scenario with this roster. If you played this season out 100 times, this would be in the bottom 5 of the results in my opinion.
People will scoff, but I am fine running this team back next year with the expected losses to be cap compliant and a few AHL guys moved up.