Ironic that after years of righteous whining about being good enough to make the playoffs in the East under the new format the Flames would likely be out of the playoffs without their softer schedule against the weak sisters of the Pacific.
The Flames are under .500 against the teams from the Central 6-7-1. Vancouver is 7-7 against the Central.
Flames were helped (along with all the teams in the Pacific) having Arz AND Edmonton for 9 games.
so far 4 wins against Edmonton 3 wins from Arizona. (total 7-0-0) with a game remaining against each.
If they were in the Central these games would be replaced with games with Dallas and Colorado who are the weak teams of the central. The Flames are 1-2 with 3 games remaining.
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