You liked them! You really did!
Not that you wouldn’t, seeing as how the pre-season prognostications put out there by pretty much every pundit and fan was that the Calgary Flames would be closer to the Connor McDavid sweepstakes than a run at the Stanley Cup.
In the end, not so …
And so in our annual You Be The Boss — Flames edition — survey, it wasn’t a surprise to see the voting results pretty much as positive as they can be for the year that was for our local NHL heroes.
In fact, the thumbs-up were plentiful for a season that saw the Flames surpass expectations by not only making the playoffs but getting out of the first round with a best-of-seven series win over the rival Vancouver Canucks.