The Calgary Flames' season is off to a putrid start.
After being carried by an elite young core of players and advancing to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs last season, the Flames seemed to have improved significantly this past offseason. The core of a successful team remained intact, and the club added a 22-year-old top-of-the-roster quality defenseman in Dougie Hamilton and a very good middle-six play driver in Michael Frolik. This was supposed to be the year the Flames took a serious step forward.
Needless to say that hasn't come to pass so far.