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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I do not see it this way. I think outside of Wolf and Coronato this teams best players are the veteran 6 who are all 29-36 years old and none of those guys can expect to get that much better and the youngest of the group in Andersson is likely getting traded.
Sure Coronato and Wolf give us hope and I assume Parekh is going to make an impact sooner than later but this team doesn’t have a ton of young guys who are going to take a massive leap. Maybe Zary if he can stay healthy. Does Sharangovich, or Farabee get back to the players they were the season before last or are they just overpaid middle 6 wingers?
There is not enough talent from the players that need to be better than lead me to think the Flames will be better this coming year vs last. If anything teams will not take them as lightly as they did last year in addition to the fact it is very difficult to repeat the effort they gave last year. A little less effort and teams being more prepared could easily put this team into the bottom 10 next year.
We will see what they do this summer because if they stay the course I suspect they will be worse and not better next year.
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I don't see any of the Flames' key vets ready to fall off this year. The only one who looks like they are falling off is Backlund, and his role was already reduced last year.
I see Huberdeau continuing to improve and find his game. Weegar and Kadri aren't suddenly dropping off this year. Weegar looks like one of those d-men who will continue to get better in his 30s as he gets more experience and smarts.