It’s probably a combination of the preseason and being excited about the young players on the team but the more I look at the roster, the more I think they won’t be a bottom 5 team this year.
There are just too many really bad teams that are still essentially in the bottoming out phase of their rebuilds. Chicago, Anaheim, San Jose, and Columbus all fall into that category. And I think Seattle looks, on paper, to be a worse team than the flames. I think Washington is on its way down and could be in the mix for a bottom five finish as early as this season. I also think the islanders are looking worse year over year and could be in that mix as well.
I personally think the flames will be better than all those teams. It’s tough to say with Utah, Buffalo, Ottawa and Montreal. I think those teams should improve and be better than Calgary but we’ve been saying that for a while.
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