I'm Ryan Lambert from Elite Prospects.

I'm Sean McIndoo from The Athletic.

And folks, today we wanted to talk about the number of teams across the league, I guess you'd

say, who should maybe be freaking out about how badly they've started their season.

Maybe.

Maybe.

Well, like, okay, I'll give you an example.

I'll give you a team that's not on the list here, the Calgary Flames.

Here's why I don't think the Calgary Flames should be freaking out about this.

This is all kind of within the realm of possibility the way they've been trending the last few years.

Last year, obviously, they get a little bit of overperformance and goal.

All of a sudden, you know, oh, we're a borderline playoff team.

Very borderline.

They missed it on a tiebreaker, I think, right?

They, uh, I don't, it was tiebreaker or very close, and they had more points than two of the

Eastern playoffs.

Right.

But, uh, the goaltending hasn't been that good this year. All

their old guys are a year older. A few of their younger guys aren't performing quite as well.

Here we are. I don't think it's crazy to say this was always in the realm of potential outcomes

for them, right? Yeah. And also, I feel like you, if you're on a boat, the time to panic is when the boat starts

taken on water.

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