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Originally Posted by Locke
You realize that us making the playoffs last season was basically a miracle right?
Our goaltending was so bad that we were dead in the water. That winning streak is pretty much the only reason we made it.
We are, at the moment, far from a 'lock' for the playoffs.
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Yeah, this is a fairly extreme take on the season. Another way to view it is that the Flames made the playoffs quite comfortably despite getting worse than league average goaltending, and suffering through a long adjustment period to start the year. Add to that the added handicap of having to play Wideman for most of the season, and I would say that the outlook for 2017–18 has to be dramatically improved even without a significant change in goal.
I guess the Flames are not reallly a "lock" for the playoffs, but they must be an odds-on favourite at minimum.