Agreed you take a long run as an underdog over a great regular season and fizzle out early but typically if a team wins the presidents trophy they are a well built good team where we see average teams get hot and go on a run and miss the playoffs a year later or never become a true contender again (see Flames post 04).
I have been advocating for a Flames bounce back mostly because I prefer to have a glass half full feel for the team as it makes anticipating the season more enjoyable. We don’t know if the new core of the team just had an off year or if this will be a typical bounce back when the outside is counting them out. Obviously 3 key players had disastrous seasons last year and if Huberdeau, Markstrom, Mangiapane can bounce back and others maintain what they did last year this team should be 100pts at least. End of the day it all remains to be seen but I personally prefer to be optimistic than regurgitating the same takes for months on end that this has been a bad franchise for 3 decades. If I felt the same way as some posters on this site do I would stick to the off topic forum and stop following the team so close and get a new hobby.
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