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Originally Posted by Corral
Yup - always in the mix - that's the Calgary Flames over the past 10 years or so. When you look at the current standings, you have to place more weight on the fact that the Flames are behind teams to get into a wildcard spot. It is very difficult to move past teams in the 3 point NHL without going on a very long winning streak. Nothing short of a minimum 6 game winning streak will get the Flames back into a real playoff spot, and even that might not be enough. The only team in the top 8 that Calgary can likely catch is Edmonton. And to do so, Calgary has to beat out Dallas and Winnipeg - and probably battle it out with Colorado and Edmonton as well by the end of it. Possible, but not very likely. Gassing it in October and November kills you just about every time. Its why there will be lots of available seats in the dome this winter.
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Quite the gloomy post, but that's nothing new from you.
Guess what? Calgary's next 5 games are teams either ahead of us or below us. These are 4 point games and if we win even 3/5 we'll be in a better position than we are in now.
There is plenty of time to make up just a few extra wins than the other teams we're fighting with. It's not like we're down to the home stretch. The team has been playing great lately which should give hope to even the biggest pessimists on this site.
If Chad was our starter all year we'd be in a playoff position right now. He's had the numbers of an elite starting goalie for a full calendar year now.
And all this while having the worst special teams in the league. If our special teams gets to a league average level, we'll be dominating games.
Also, we're a team that rolls 4 lines and 3 D-pairings. I guarantee the Flames are not going to be 'gassed' because they faced adversity early in the year and came up on top.