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Originally Posted by blankall
Kadri and Backlund are both excellent mentors. You can see how they've transformed the play of many young forwards.
I also think a lot of posters need to give up on the dream of a tank. I know the Flames not making the playoffs, makes everyone think they are too mid to succeed, but they also tied the record for most points without playoffs. In an 82 game season, they finished 5 points behind the Oilers and 2 points behind the Panthers.
The Flames are also a young team that is likely to get better not worse. Their presence brings more value than a decrease in draft position.
The Flames already traded their #1 center, #1 goalie, #1 RW (Toffoli), and several top 4 d-men. This year was the tank. Wolf emerging is not going to allow a legit tank. Injecting Parekh into the lineup is going to make that harder, as he fills a major hole on the team.
The Flames need an upgrade at centre, or at the very least another centre on Kadri's level. That's likely going to have to come from a trade or free agency, not the tank.
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Were people picking the Bruins to be 4th last in the league or the Preds 3rd last? 76 points was 4th worst in the league.
SJ sounds like they are all in to get better. Chicago probably improves too. Anaheim already took a leap, but could regress too. But with the young players they have I bet they go up over go down.
There might be a new team this year. Vancouver could be that team. But it might be wide open to start the year for teams to get into the McKenna mix.
We don't need to be 60 point bad to have a chance