Interesting that the Flames beat Nashville, thread is quiet, then we lose to the 2 best teams in the league in Boston and Vegas where our goaltending really lets us down and then this thread pops up again with everyone freaking out and calling for heads and talking about putting up billboards. The hilarity of hockey forums.
There should be some intellectual honesty here. Did anyone honestly expect us to beat the 2 best teams in the league? Vegas is the best home team in the NHL and are basically unbeatable there. Boston is the best road team in the league, so getting a point out of that wasn't too bad. Florida was on fire and swept Western Canada. Didn't help that that was the 1st game back from the a long road trip and Rittich was less than stellar.
If you take all this into consideration, is there really a need to freak out? We have approximately 13 games of the last 21 games left against opponents not currently in the playoffs and I think we have a real shot at the playoffs. People will disagree with out a doubt, but we've had probably the toughest schedule of any Western Conference bubble playoff team and before we go on a firing spree and a sell everything off rampage, lets see how we do against these teams first.
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