The Flames identity is a team that is mentally fragile and less than the sum of its parts. It's a laundry basket full of random hand puppets. It's a hamburger sundae. Last year, we had a nice big bowl of ice cream with syrup and sprinkles. We lost the sprinkles (Gaudreau) and traded the syrup for ketchup (Huberdeau), and signed mustard (Kadri). Ketchup and mustard are fine if you are putting them on a burger, but on ice cream, it's an unpalatable mess and not one that is easy to undo.
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"A pessimist thinks things can't get any worse. An optimist knows they can."
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