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Originally Posted by VilleN
The parity in the west right now is ridiculous. There are 8 teams within (at most) 6 points of each other battling it out for a playoff spot. If the Flames had won 3 games more over the course of this year we'd have the 4th best record in the west. 3 games. I can easily count 3 games we lost that could have gone the other way.
I get the complaints about the team, but there are only 3 arguably elite teams in the west right now. This season isn't really that big of a failure, it's just the result of the parity in the league right now. Either you're a legit, top contender, a bubble team, or a bottom dweller. Like most of the teams in the league, we are a bubble team. In the west the elite teams are Nashville, Vegas and Winnipeg.Last season Nashville barely squeaked in (bubble team), Winnipeg just missed (bubble team) and Vegas didn't exist.
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I think this is the frustration...the Flames have shot themselves in the foot so many times its ridiculous.