[Poe969]

It's been said a few times and in different ways but it boils down to this team just not being good enough...this year. Some of the Flames top players are "off" and the team isn't playing well. They're in last place and they haven't played a stretch of good hockey yet this year. The games they lost, they lost convincingly. It's not like they were in charge and the other team stole the game. The games they've lost, they should have lost. You could actually argue that some of the games they've won should have gone the other way. Either way, their record is what their record is. They may have 2 games at hand but it's not like they're getting their all star players back and they're going to go on a tear. The rest of the division is terrible too but they're still doing better. The chances of the Flames going on a winning streak and making the playoffs are really low, sure anything can happen but if you're thinking that way, why not bet on Mason Raymond scoring 40 goals? Making any kind of trade now to save the season would be a huge mistake, if anything they should be capitalizing on some players playing well and making moves for the future.

I still love this team and I'm still excited but being realistic about things doesn't mean anyone cares about the team any less or isn't as much of a fan. I still hope for individual players to do really well and I think they can but I just think the team as a whole will finish 25th overall or lower.