I look at the flames entire season and, aside from that stretch in December... The flames have been in every game and, on most nights, they have out-chanced and outplayed their opponents.
It feels like it's been a while but we have to remember that during the first half of the season, both ramo and Berra gave up a least one bad goal per game. Many times it was a deciding goal or momentum changing goal.
I believe the difference right now between where the flames are right now in the standings and where teams like Winnipeg and Vancouver are in the standings is the poor goaltending the flames had during the first half of the season. I don't blame ramo or Berra for it.. They are both young goalies trying to learn how to be a starter in the NHL so we all new there would be an adjustment period.
But I truly believe the flames would be battling with those teams for the wild card spot in the west if they had average goaltending for the first half of the season. I know we're in a rebuild so that's not the ideal spot to be but it's interesting to consider since this team is so early on in this rebuild and yet every player seems to have a strong commitment to team defence that usually takes years to develop.
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