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Originally Posted by getbak
Looking at the Flames' schedule, during the first three weeks of the season, the Flames have 5 home games plus 2 road games in Vancouver and Winnipeg. They also have two full days between every game except for a back-to-back with the Winnipeg road game and a home game against the Oilers.
They don't have any significant travel until they go to New York after the Detroit game on the 23rd.
If there's any time when it's relatively safe to carry only 6 defencemen, the first three weeks of this season is it.
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This year with the heavy home schedule the expectations are so much higher .
The likely starting lineup has Frolik, Bennett, Ferland, Hamilton and Kulak that were not here last year... 5 out of 18 ..
The missing guys from last year are Glencross, Raymond, Brodie, Colbourne Diaz, Smid
Last year the Flames started with 1 game at home and 6 on the road... They were a surprisingly good 4-3.
The injured players were very important in last years start: Brodie had 27 minutes in the 3 road wins (the other was Edmonton). Colbourne was around 17 minutes a game.