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Originally Posted by Poe969
This seems oddly familiar. The team isn't going to be good enough to contend but aren't bad enough to get a good pick.
Mediocre just sounds so comfortable, like home. New year, same situation.
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Kind of but not really.
Generally since the 2006 lockout the Flames have been a cap team that had a pick defect and we're still in the same position of battling for a playoff spot in the 7-10 range.
The big difference this time is they are second lowest salary cap in the league, have $17M in cap space, have moved out assets for picks and actually have a surplus of picks for the first time in a while.
It might be a similar position in the standings but in no way is the same situation as they've been in historically.