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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I don't believe that the Flames are actually a bubble team. They find themselves on the playoff bubble in a year that has unfolded terribly, featured a controversial coaching change and in which their top players are all playing well below career averages. The team as it is constructed is probably not the second best team in the NHL that won the WC in a walk last season. But by the same token, they are also better than this, and should be jockeying with VGK for the Division title.
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They are a couple wins away from doing just that.
Finish the trip strong and they go from fighting to stay in it to fighting for top spot. The top players are all rounding back into form, with the exception of maybe Monahan. We'll see if his last game carries over.