To me you can't really look at things over an 82 game season - I tend to focus on the second half and Q4 in particular. That's when really good teams teams step it up (ANA year after after year, crap for the first 40 games or so then they perform when it matters most). Flames teams have a history of terrible play in the last month or two of the season, and even when they are in a playoff position they always seem to back in.
Maybe not the most articulate post but you get my point.
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