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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
No, and that is far from revisionist. The 2014-15 Flames were absolutely considered a McDavid frontrunner, and with Eichel as the consolation prize it was an ideal year to be bad. Gaudreau wasn't the only reason they had an unlikely year... Wideman, Hartley, Bouma, Hiller, Hudler... a lot of things went spectacularly right.
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It's hard to find predictions from that season, but even the most optimistic I can find had the Flames as a middle-of-the-road team. The rest had them as pretty bad. They had the worst odds to win the Cup. And in the Sportsnet predictions, 2 of 4 predicted they would win the lottery and get McDavid.
So you're right, it was definitely a possibility.