[Sylvanfan]

So the Flames go 4-2 on the 6 game road trip to start the season, and 4-2-1 on this one. Add in that 5 gamer thru the Division in January where they went 4-1 and thats a pretty good record on road trips that were supposed to sink the season.

I think advanced stats types hate the Flames because their MO is to prove character, heart and all those other unquantifiable intangibles are rubbish and the numbers will win. The Flames are the complete opposite trying to prove that heart and desire matter.

I still think those human elements are a factor, otherwise a team like Pittsburgh would win the cup every year, or Washington would have won one. I don't think the Flames will win the cup, but you know when it does end for them, they will have given everything they had.