With the way the Flames have played this season – to say nothing of how they ultimately bowed out of the postseason dance – there’s little to look forward to but next year. So, while the corpse is still fresh, we ask: what changes need to be made to this roster so that this time a year from now we’re all excited and not disgusted?
Here is a rough composite of what the Flames looked like throughout the 2017-18 season:
| Johnny Gaudreau | Sean Monahan | Micheal Ferland |
| Matthew Tkachuk | Mikael Backlund | Michael Frolik |
| Sam Bennett | Mark Jankowski | Garnet Hathaway |
| Troy Brouwer | Matt Stajan | Curtis Lazar |
Players that are decidedly not problems are: Gaudreau, Monahan, Tkachuk, Backlund, Giordano, and Hamilton.