2015-2016 Calgary Flames...

the two biggest surprise teams last season,are the next two teams previewed in the Western Conference... the Winnipeg Jets(more on them tomorrow),and this previewed team,the Calgary Flames... captain Mark Giordano suffered an injury,late last season,and every pundit wrote them off in making the Stanley Cup playoffs,and with grit and determination,they stuck it to the pundits by making the Stanley Cup playoffs... in the Western Conference,there were two teams that if in the Stanley Cup playoffs that your team did not want to play... one would be Winnipeg,and the other team would have been the Flames... as soon as Giordano went down,the Flames realized that if they were to make the Stanley Cup playoffs,the team had to be in "playoff mode" every game from then on,and they did it with grit,and class... will they improve on last year's record??? possible,but they have to get off to a better start,and Jonas Hiller,in goal,has to be better... they have talent on both sides of the ice,but honestly,they have to improve on team defense,and with a lucky bounce of the puck,or two,they will be a Stanley Cup playoff team,this season... the team offense runs through their best player,in Johnny Gaudreau,who should be a real star,and team defense runs through Giordano,and new Flames' player,Dougie Hamilton,via trade,with the Boston Bruins... there are reports,out of Boston,that Hamilton was a "bad teammate",did not get along with anybody,and if true,i hope some veteran straightens him out,in a way that helps the Flames... if so,Calgary will be a very tough team to play,this season,period...