It truly is the darkest of times right now for fans of the Calgary Flames as they have lost their two top superstar players in Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk within a couple of weeks. With Gaudreau now a member of the Columbus Blue Jackets and a Tkachuk trade pending within the week, the Flames have been essentially forced back to square one.
While it was always going to be a possibility that they would leave, it really feels like the Flames are now a team that has no real plan going into next season. They have spent the better part of the last decade building this club towards being a contender and really took a big step forward last year to becoming that annual NHL powerhouse.