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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Great article, Bingo.
"Tire fire"? It was a bad stretch of four or five games. Lots of teams go through them, but I think it is important to point out that the Flames have suffered only two extended losing streaks of four games this season, and have not otherwise lost over two games in a row. Since the bad start they have the seventh best record in the NHL starting at game #17. The Flames entered the TD day in the best position they have seen since the 2008–09 season.
This is not a "resurgence." The team has been playing great hockey for extended portions all year.
That already HAVE built a cushion. This is a playoff team. They are actually shaping into one that could make some noise and win a round or even two.
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The other odd thing about the tire fire was they actually played way better than those game results.
Sometimes media can get really hung up on score and the narrative takes a life of it's own.
I thought they were solid in Edmonton, had rough goaltending against Edmonton at home, carried the play in Toronto and Montreal, then finally won in Ottawa.
Lately the team is getting more bounces and now they're points in 6 and looking dominant to most, but that tire fire stretch could easily have been 2-2-0 instead of 0-4-0 with blow outs.
Similarly they should have won in Vancouver, lost in Nashville, and probably lost in Florida.