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Originally Posted by dino7c
They wouldn't have made the playoffs either of those years without covid nonsense...not to mention they had Price
Flames were terrible in the Canadian division, we all know it I have never said otherwise, and won more game than the Habs so if (ahead of the Flames) is the Flex its a low bar.
How on earth is St. Louis and underrated coach??
at best he is un-rated
Its okay though the more teams happy with being terrible and not improving the better...Montreal needs a major improvement in the standings this year IMO or some major chances IMO.
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I'd say it's probably to early to tell one way or another for St. Louis.
To me they are in year 4 of what's likely a 6 year rebuild this season. I look at that roster and to me it's still the 8th best roster in that division.
Florida, Boston, Toronto, and Tampa should clearly be better still.
Buffalo, Ottawa, and Detroit have all been sucking even longer than them and should have deeper prospect pools by now (although Detroit is debatable IMO).
My guess is they take another small step into the 80-85 point range this year, and then it's next season that's the real judge on if St Louis can actually get them to take the next step into the playoffs.
But with the young d-core and unproven goaltending it's possible they actually don't take a step this year too.