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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Much of, or some of this is certainly within the realm of possibility next year. This still doesn't change the fact that anything short of massive bounce back seasons from the goaltending, Huberdeau and Kadri is going to result in falling short of expectations again, even if the team does make the playoffs.
This team made the Tkachuk trade to continue to "win now" when other, more rebuild type deals were available. If you're not winning in these first 2-3 seasons and legitimately challenging for the division, what exactly are we doing? All these older, top of the lineup players are only going to decline from now and sitting on this lineup for another couple of seasons could easily mean disaster (and that's another spree of 9-11 finishes in the conference).
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I think an additional 30 points from Huby, an additional 10 points from Kadri, combined with better goaltending and better powerplay, would have had the Flames challenging for the division. It really did take an onslaught of many unfortunate things happening to keep the Flames from making the playoffs. I think you're seriously underestimating how talented this team is.