Hilarious how this topic created four pages of debate.
For the most part nobody is saying the Flames are playing great but the schedule has been their undoing ... but we've seen that push back.
I don't think anyone is saying the schedule is a dozen points or more of an impact but we've seen a pushback.
People hate excuses I guess. The team shouldn't use them, but we certainly can. This one is a fact ... they've had a harder schedule. Some are treating this as if I walked out an opinion that the refs are harder on the Flames than other teams. It's not ... they've played better teams.
Is it a huge impact? Likely not. But three points is pretty huge in 22 games in my mind.
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