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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I think you hit the nail on the head. They are 5-5 and our expectations are so low that's considered a good start. An expansion team can start 7-1 yet the Flames seem incapable of ever having a truly good start to a season. That's frustrating and I'm not feeling too good about the fact that they are on pace to miss the playoffs. Now it's only 1/8 of the season but what if they don't go on the long winning streaks this season to balance out their .500 play?
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Nobody plays .600 hockey for the entire season, there are so many ups and downs. I'd be more concerned if the team was winning heaps of games on the back of an unsustainable 30% PP then being .500 after 10 games with mediocre special teams. In April if this is considered to be one of the low points, this Flames team will be one of the conference heavyweights this year. This team has shown an innate ability to gather steam the more it plays over the last 12 months. There is no reason to think they will not do the same thing again.