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Originally Posted by squiggs96
Freeway's quote was from the locked PGT, but I still wanted to respond.
They've been in a playoff spot since the completion of the December 6th games. Tomorrow will be the 22nd straight day they will wake up in a playoff spot. After the December 10th games were completed, they were in sole possession of the division lead.
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Further, the Flames have more wins and more ROW than the Kings, Ducks, Avalanche, Coyotes, Predators, Jets, Stars, Canucks and Oilers. Only 2 of those teams are barely head of them in the divisional standings and only the Sharks in the division have more wins. Even with game-in-hand only the Predators could potentially knock the Flames from a playoff spot.
All while playing more games in less time than many of the teams around them, and far more road games than home. The OIlers were crying about how "tough" their pillowy soft schedule was before Christmas. They've been off for 4 days no and won't play until Thursday when the Flames will have traveled to and from another country, played a game and be playing their second in 3 nights.
There is no "technically" about where they are. I'd say it's more "technically" they are lower in the standings than they should be. If not for a horrid start before Gulatzan made adjustments (which Brent Sutter never learnt) they'd be first in the division and challenging for the conference again.