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Originally Posted by Macho0978
The Canucks have a lot of questionable forwards, but if their stars play well and Demko stays healthy, they have elite players that are better than anyone we have other than Wolf.
It's early and we will see, but the PGT after the Oilers game had a few posters call out the posters who think this team could be bottom 5. From what I saw, the Oilers gave us that game. At time we played well, and we played well once we got the momentum, but it was not a good game for the Flames. Not sure how anyone after that game could be very confident in this group.
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Pettersson bouncing back is key to their success. Hughes is a franchise player, Demko/Lankinen is one of the top tandems in the league. If Pettersson can be the 100pt center they paid him to be the Canucks will be in the battle with Vegas/Edmonton at the top of the division.
The Flames just do not have the fire power or depth on the back end to be a serious team in my opinion. I also think the org is doing the right thing focusing on the youth and not spending cap and assets to try and win now.
It really all comes down to the start. I think if the Flames play well in the first 15 they will be in the race all year (barring injury) but I have a feeling this team might be out early and names like Coleman and Kadri will pop up along Andersson in the rumor mill.