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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
No they didn't. That's not what clinching means. You can say they're a virtual lock (which they likely are) but they would need to hit 101 points to clinch a playoff spot. As it stands, they are currently 12 points short.
Well, that's a dismissive comment that ignores how the Flames were actually doing reasonably well for a lot of last season before the goaltending fell off a cliff and the offense utterly disappeared. Sounds a little like this season, except the collapse has come a little bit later, there's more hope it can be rectified, and the first part of the season was significantly better.
But the fact that the team has taken a step back around this time of year for the second consecutive season is more than a little worrying, IMO.
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I think you aren’t remembering how last season went at all. They were a bad team playing bad hockey held up by Mike Smith in the first half of season. They were always a playoff bubble tea, fighting for playoff lives for the whole season.
This year has a new coach, new culture and a winning team that has been in first place for a couple months now and not once since maybe mid to late November has there been any doubt as to whether or not they were gonna be a playoff team.
They are a much better team than last year and it’s quite frankly not even remotely close and a similar looking results streak is a weak way to drive a panic narrative.