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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It's only going to take a single prolonged slump by the Flames for the Knights and Sharks to pass them in the standings. As good as the Flames have played the Sharks and Knight have been even hotter of late.
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While entirely true, it will only going to take a prolonged slump by either of those teams for the Flames to distance themselves from VGK and the Sharks as well.
Calgary is going to lose games between now and seasons end. So is everyone else, but the advantage the Flames have in that scenario is what they have already done this season and continue to do so.
There is no question though that the Flames, of late, have developed a couple bad habits that have to be stifled before they become common place. Practice is where that is fixed and this club has a nice set up moving forward to get lots of practice time in to address those issues.
I think it boils down to Big Save Dave. If he continues to play as he has and the club can limit Smith/backup starts by winning the games BSD is in....they will be fine. Of course injuries and such will play a huge role in all this as well but assuming those all even out somewhat as well, i think its a safe bet they will be hosting their first playoff game in April.