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Originally Posted by Table 5
Why do we always have to hope? Hope is for losers. Why can't we have a little patience, an actual plan.... and turn that hope into actual, long-term results?
Yeah, it's great to see your team win in the moment, but at some point, I'd like to cheer for a frickin' team that wins more than 3 playoff rounds in 23 years.
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This is exactly the point. 9th place and 15th place result in the exact same thing, absolutely no chance to make noise in the playoffs. The fact that this team is unlikely to even hit the lofty heights of 9th place is all the more reason to develop an actual plan.
So far this year the Flames have 10 wins in 25 games. The teams they have actually beaten are the following:
1) Edmonton Oilers - started their starter Dubnyk
2) Detroit Red Wings - started their starter Howard
3) Columbus Blue Jackets - started their starter Bobrovsky
4) Dallas Stars - started their backup Backman
5) Dallas Stars - started their backup Backman
6) Minnesota Wild - started their starter Backstrom
7) Phoenix Coyotes - started their starter Smith
8) Vancouver Canucks - started Luongo
9) San Jose Sharks - started their backup Greiss
10) Detroit Red Wings - started their backup Gustaffson
Flames have beat 4 backups in their 10 victories. That in and of itself should be scary to Flames fans.