Flames won't be making the playoffs unless a few of these happen:
-We need a goalie who is capable of stealing the occasional game
-Giordano starts like playing the Gio of the last couple years
-Monahan and Hudler start playing like they did last year
-Special teams improve significantly
-We cut down on bad penalties (weren't we one of the least penalized teams last year? I think the impact of that is underestimated)
We're just worse than last years team in several ways.
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