Hot takes for 2019-20
- Tkachuk signs a bridge contract and follows it up with a Nylander-like season.
- Calgary regresses and is on the bubble for the wild card, keeping all nervous as they look like they could possibly miss the playoffs.
- Flames goaltending struggles all season and the Flames have to rely on a call up post All Star break to find anyone who can play with any consistency.
- Flames get hot with said call up and squeak into the wild card, then go on a 1986 like run.
- Vancouver surprises and is in the wild card position until the trade deadline, but fall apart under the pressure and miss the post season.
- Johnny Hockey plays his last season in Calgary and is traded to Philadelphia for a number of assets at the draft that make the club better in the long run.
- Backlund struggles without Tkachuk doing the heavy lifting. Frolik gets pressbox duty as a result of Peter forcing Lucic into a scoring role. The second line struggles and Frolik becomes a distraction, forcing a trade by American Thanksgiving.
- Milan Lucic is a massive bust and is relegated to the press box by Christmas.
- Jankowski scores 20 goals on a line with Dube and Mangipagne. All crack 40 points and become statistically the 2nd scoring line for the Flames.
- Kylington steps up and makes Brodie expendable. Brodie is moved by Christmas for futures.
- Andersson and Giordano become the best defensive pair in the NHL, with Andersson carrying an equal load of the responsibility.
- Hamonic has a great year and surprises everyone by signing a team friendly long-term contract.
- Calgary Flames make it to the Stanley Cup finals, losing to the Cinderella New Jersey Devils.
- Speaking of Cinderella, the clock strikes 12 and the Colorado Avalanche fall apart, being well out of the post season by Christmas.
- Edmonton sucks again and McDavid forces a block-buster trade with Toronto before the start of 2020-21.
Hot Take for 2020-21
- Austin Matthews doesn't like Edmonton and plays his way off the team, forcing a trade to Arizona. Edmonton blows the five first round picks they get from Toronto while trying to speed up their rebuild. NHL records for jersey tossing in a single game and single season takes place in Shelbyville.
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