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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Well, the odds makers have both teams as virtual locks to make the playoffs. Even with the difficulty of the Flames upcoming schedule it would still require a massive collapse of unprecedented proportions to fall back to 9th.
They may slip behind the Oilers when all is said and done, but the Flames are not missing the playoffs.
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Have you looked at the schedules of all the teams in question? Calgary has the hardest schedule. Pretty much everyone else faces non-playoff teams in six or more games. Calgary gets two, and then faces the Pacific coast teams with way too much frequency for my liking. The nice thing is the Flames control their own destiny. I would much rather be in the Oilers predicament and be one point back of the Flames with multiple games against both Vancouver and Colorado than face the schedule the Flames have. Flames also have one more road trip to the eastern time zone, while everyone stays in the west. Flames are not a lock. Things could get very interesting in short order.