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Originally Posted by Slanter
I think it was. We tied for a playoff spot last year. A bounce back wasn't out of the realm of possibility until we started trading away all our best players.
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The team had a white-hot start last year – 5-0-1 after six games. This year they started 1-5-0. The team did not trade away any roster players until January. It was quite clear by then that no bounce back was happening.
EDIT: At the moment of the Rasmus Andersson trade (January 18), the Flames were in 28th place overall.
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