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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
It was over before the season started haha.
You just knew it would be:
1. No playoffs
2. No top 10 pick
3. Give away the best of our three 1sts
4. Finish with more points than some eastern playoff teams
Flames fandom. Its not for the weak hearted.
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There is no doubt that the final outcome of the season is very Calgary Flames finishing out of the playoffs and drafting in the mid-teens but this season was different than past failed seasons. In the past the Flames had more talented rosters that just wilted down the stretch to finish just out of the playoffs. This season they were expected to be a bottom 5 team and overachieved their way into this unenviable situation. Little doubt this is probably worst case scenario in relation to the draft but I suppose we have to take the positives in that the coaches did a fine job, Huby and Kadri played to the levels of their contracts for the most part, and the long term solution at the goaltender position looks to have been solidified. It's going to sting at the draft watching the Habs pick ahead of the Flames but there's nothing that can be done about that (Treliving can no longer hurt this organization) and we just have to hope the Flames scouts can unearth a few good players.