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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I don't have more than 3 teams worse than the Flames right now. There are not going to be any superstars coming in July 1st. Barring some miracle by a Wolf/Vladar tandem, I have this team solidly in the bottom 5. Possibly bottom 2-3. Everyone is getting better at the bottom. Calgary will likely be a worse team next season with the subtraction of Markstrom. Kuzmenko isn't going to hit 120+ points. What teams do you think will actually be worse.
I have San Jose and Chicago, but with Chicago potentially moving up depending on what they do (and especially the tier of players that they can attract). Anaheim maybe. Beyond that, I don't see worse teams out there. Still, there could be a surprise or two, but that's why I rank Calgary at #5 from the bottom.
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Unless they go out and sign the top three UFAs available, Chicago will still be terrible. Washington are going to crash hard (they had only three players with more than 35 points this season, and one of them was 39 years old). The Tortorella factor will likely wear off on the Flyers (look at their roster and tell me it’s better than the Flames’) and they’re in cap hell. The Kraken have lost their cap/depth advantage and they don’t have much talent in the pipeline. Unless Fantilli has an amazing sophomore season, the Blue Jackets will still be bad. Utah aren’t guaranteed to improve by leaps and bounds. Lots of teams could be looking at a bottom-5 finish next season.