The Flames in the early parts of the season have shown that they can play like a playoff team (see successful roadtrip against good teams) but they have also shown that they have major weaknesses (i.e. defensive lapses and terrible special teams) so I think that it is totally up in the air at this point and it depends on which team shows up on a night to night basis
One this that is FOR CERTAIN is that if they want to make playoffs, their top players need to be better and the special teams need to be at least average
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