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Originally Posted by bubbsy
the scary part for me is that the flames actually don't control their destiny. Need the jets and/or the kings to lose their game in hand, and then mathematically speaking, the flames do actually control their destiny.
As it stands right now, should the jets/kings win-out their remaining games, the flames are out regardless of how they do in their last three games, hence, not controlling their own destiny.
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The Flames play the Kings and the Jets in their final two games. If they win both of those they are in no matter what. They'd be at 99 points. Even if LA and Winnipeg win the other games, and both lose to Calgary in a shoot out, they'd all have 99 points. Vancouver could lose in OT to LA, win the other two games and finish 2nd in the division with 100. With all the above happening, Calgary would get still get the 3rd seed in the Pacific based on ROW. Winnipeg will lose all ROW scenarios and be out.
If Calgary wins out, there isn't a scenario where they can't make the playoffs. Hence, they control their own destiny. That's just math.