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Originally Posted by squiggs96
When the Flames made the playoffs in the 2014-15 season, their record was 45-30-7. After game 61 they were 33-24-4. So they have the same number of OTLs as they did when they made it, but three less wins. The big difference was in 2014-15 they beat the Oilers all 4 times they played them. This year they lost all 4 games against Edmonton. If the Flames had beat Edmonton the 4 times this year, the record would be 35-21-4. They'd be 4 points up on the green snake, and 2.585 points above the black line. They would need only 22 points in the last 21 games to hit the 96 point mark.
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This is easily the most frustrating part of the season for me. Gifting the (c)Oil eight points that directly improved their playoff positioning is brutal. This is especially because (as you point out) those intra-divisional games against close rivals were so clearly identified as the reason we made the playoffs back in 2015.
I love costing the Oilers points in our games against them. Like that one year when we beat EDM 2-0 (I think) in The Chuck in game 82. Oilers needed to win to get playoffs. Iggy with an empty-netter...(if my memory serves me correctly). The fact that we weren't very competitive in the head-to-heads this season is super-aggravating.