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Originally Posted by Poe969
Well, he was on the Flames, they were a bubble team that didn't make the playoffs, and they'll draft in the mid teens. That really isn't debatable...it happened.
The "they'll have a bounce back year" argument is sad. People want multiple guys on the wrong side of 30 to improve. This isn't a good team. This isn't a bad team. It's a bubble team doomed to draft in the mid teens...unless they change things. This is their chance to change things.
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I think this is a terrible post.
Who on the wrong side of 30 do we want to bounce back? The guy who literally just turned 30 less than 3 weeks ago? Another is our goalie who is 33 but we have seen high end goalies have up and down years many times in the past. Other than that the team wants first half Kadri and second half Weegar and sub 30 year old Mangiapane to get better. If these things happen the team is not on the bubble they are fighting for a top spot in the division. If there were not so many pending UFA’s this team could run it back replacing older vets like Lewis and Lucic with prospects but they need to make some changes due to their contracts.
The Flames have never been the same team 2 years in a row since Treliving took over. You could argue 2020, and 2021 were similar with both years on the bubble but both of those seasons were impacted by a global pandemic.
This team finished with 93pts when their 2 best players had career worst seasons and a massive string of bad luck that included 30 one goal losses. To say hoping they bounce back is a sad argument I think saying that there is no way this team can be better than they were last year is a stupid argument