Calgary Flames: Three Teams Who Will Cause the Most Trouble
By Ramina Shlah
With a new season approaching and new faces in some rival teams, let’s look at who will cause the most trouble for the Calgary Flames this upcoming season.
Pre-season starts later this month and the regular season starts up again in about a month! I still feel like it was yesterday when the Calgary Flames were swept in the playoffs and we were all waiting for hockey to come back again.
But with a new season rapidly approaching, we’ll see some new faces in a flaming C jersey. And some new faces on their rival teams as well. Right now, Flames management (and other analysts alike) think that the Flames could be ready for Cup contention now. And with the Flames not having any draft picks next year until the fourth round, let’s hope this is true.
That being said, there are quite a few things that make this team ready for contention. To be fair, they weren’t that far off last season. but a couple of changes here and there, and they look stacked. They upgraded their blue-line with the addition of Travis Hamonic and the re-signing of Michael Stone. They have two new fresh faces in the crease with the addition of Mike Smith and Eddie Lack. And they managed to re-sign Kris Versteeg at an awesome price while also signing NCAA free-agent, Spencer Foo, helping to fix their depth problem with the RW.
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Of course we’re still waiting on that Sam Bennett re-signing, but I’m confident that’ll be done (hopefully) within the next week.
But all that being said, being ready for Cup contention isn’t easy. You’ve got to get through the nitty-gritty first. The Flames will need to battle some foes during the season and prove that they can be successful in the playoffs this time and prove they’re ready for Cup contention.
Like I said, they’ll have to battle some foes first. And some may be a little harder to battle than others. Let’s take a look at the three teams who will cause the Calgary Flames the most amount of trouble this season (I’m sure you can guess who the top will be).