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Old 09-12-2017, 11:42 AM   #2387
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I mean it's pretty hard to not like Calgary with that defense after the Hamilton and Hamonic additions. And that should be the case for the next 3 years that the blue line core is together, which can only bode well for when the Flames are looking to add UFAs the next couple seasons to help put them over the top.

The way I see it Calgary is on track to overtake the rest of the division in somewhat short order. Edmonton is the only the only other team on the upswing that is close to competing, but they may very well plateau once McDavid's new deal kicks in and they lose the cap space to tinker or add. Anaheim is competitive still but is on a slow decline because of their aging centers, San Jose has fallen to the playoff bubble and just lost Marleau, LA is aging rapidly and looks to have a bleak future as things are currently, and Arizona, Vancouver and Vegas are still in the crawling stages of their rebuilds (or in VGK's case..build?).

There simply aren't the juggernauts that there once were in the west, which paves the way for a team like the Flames to challenge. It seems that the biggest obstacle for them at this point is overcoming Anaheim.
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