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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It's been very encouraging but lets not get ahead of ourselves as the Flames are what the standings say they are and it's not very good. Warrener was saying while their play has been great as of late that it wont translate into next season because players are playing with no pressure and nothing to lose. Come game one of the 2013/14 regular season the points matter again and players grip the stick more and overthink things. I believe this is true because we have seen a lot of teams win in garbage time that haven't translated into the next season.
All of that said as long as they keep up the work ethic and gradually infuse talent there's no reason to think that the team can't gradually improve season over season. The team is still 2-3 years away from playing meaningful hockey in March/April.
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That's all true, but the Flames have been reasonable for most of the year except for the time where Gio was hurt.
Without Gio 5-11-2
With Gio 25-24-5.
If he can keep up his play... I don't see a giant step-back next year, especially since I'd expect better goaltending (less Berra). Its not like they tanked all year and just started winning games now.