Oddly enough, despite some of the lackluster efforts in games and the recent 3 game skid, they are still 5-4-1 in the last 10.
The simple truth of it is the west is ultra competitive this season. and the crazier thing is that teams on the bubble like Anaheim, LA and St. Louis could all feasibly come out of the west if healthy. The west is a very different beast from the east, where a team with the Flames record would comfortably be looking ahead to playoffs rather than fighting tooth and nail. The Flames have pissed away some valuable points but they are right on pace for a typical playoff berth, though the level of competition has pushed that threshold higher. ####ing Vegas also threw things out of whack by wrapping up a spot that most thought would've been occupied by one of the other teams.
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