Hopefully the saving grace with a trip like that, aside the Flames playing great hockey so far, is 5 of the teams on that 9 game sched are teams you'd kind of expect to miss the playoffs this season. While pretty much no teams are "easy outs" in today's NHL, SJS, MTL, OTT, BUF and CHI are all very far from being considered legit contenders.
Personally, the way the Flames are playing I'd be disappointed if they don't win 5 of 9 at a minimum. Hopefully more though.
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