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Originally Posted by Bonded
I also enjoyed last season but I’m also pretty convinced we saw a dead cat bounce and they are headed for a bottom ten finish this season.
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And while I'm not cheering for losses, I will find joy in that too. Including because I think this draft is above average to excellent.
The season before last year was fun because of all the trades, and then the Flames moving down the standings into a position to get a cornerstone piece.
Most years I'm able to find the fun stuff.
Top of mind there are 4 years that as a Flames fan I struggled to find any joy:
- The Gilmour year, when an excellent team just couldn't find its footing and then compounded the issue with a god-awful trade
- The year Sutter went nuts with a bunch of weird trades like acquiring Kotalik.
- The final year with Sutter as a coach, where he turned into a complete dick and then the team disengaged
- And then for some reason the Brian Elliot year I didn't enjoy. That may have been because of other things in my life though. Not sure.
The Mike Keenan years were weird. But kinda fun at times. But always weird.