There’s no questioning the Flames underperformed in 2017-18. They were a team that had playoff aspirations, and they failed to even make it within spitting distance of the dance.
That obviously couldn’t stand, and so, Brad Treliving has been busy over the course of this offseason, adding to a forward group that was the fifth worst in the NHL in goals per game (and had the league’s third worst shooting percentage). James Neal, Elias Lindholm, Derek Ryan, and maybe even Austin Czarnik, if he can break out, have all been added to a lineup that was previously underwhelming.