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Originally Posted by Caged Great
Flames were lucky that Mason in the WPG game and Vancouver were equally terrible. An average team deals the Flames a loss in the Vancouver game with all the PP time they did nothing with. Similarly if the Jets had a decent NHL goalie, the Flames probably don't come back in that one.
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Ridiculous.
I recall that the Flames fired +40 shots at Mason last Saturday night, and there was no chance in hell he was stopping all of them. In any event, any time a team allows 6 goals in a game, I think it is fair to say the team played poorly. But the fact of the matter is that every team is going to have games like this every year. Good for the Flames to take full advantage of the situation, and to produce a resounding victory. You cannot take that away from them unless you are ready to discount +6-goal outbursts from every NHL team.
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The fact they had the benefit of facing some mediocre teams helped them get to their hot start and believe me I'm not complaining about the results. I just want to see those results continue once the team starts facing quality.
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Each of the WC teams the Flames have defeated presently rank 1, 7, 9, and 12 in the Conference; two of them currently occupy playoff positions and the most recent conference finalists are tied with the second wildcard team in points.
Yes, the Flames have some issues to sort out, but they deserve full, unreserved credit for winning four of their first six games. Hell, they just swept S. California for the first time in twenty years!