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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
odd, it's half past 10 and the ricardo Game Takes haven't been published yet after a Flames loss.
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So you miss me?
Flames are off to a great start and a OT loss is not really a loss.
The only comment, that has to do a bit with what Mr. Mike said:
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I feel like we caught a lot of teams off guard starting slow, where now teams have their feet underneath them and caught up a bit. It will be interesting to see how the team does through the next ten games.
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The Flames have a real quirky schedule.
They have had spectacular results against teams that they play twice a year. 6-0-0 against Eastern teams 0-1-3 against Western team that they play 3 or 4 times a year.
for the rest of November Flames have 9 games against Eastern teams and only 3 against Western team that would be considered 4 pt games.
When you look at the splits
East and
West
Johnny Hockey really stands out. Maybe he is auditioning for his next team that wont be in the West. Or the West teams have developed strategies that contain him.
Markstrom was a different vezina winning level on his Eastern road trip but has put himself in a hole for numbers that against teams he has to play more often.
Just a small sample, but maybe a better book on Markstrom in the West.