I guess they better add last year's snake to their vision board asap. This is right around the time they started to break out. If they don't turn a similar corner, they will just be a middle of the pack, top-of-the-bottom-half kind of team.
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Matching this snake would require only losing six of the next 39 games in regulation.
That breakout was also driven by a couple of players delivering the second and third highest scoring calendar years in US-born player history, and the Flames having the top line in the NHL.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1609298879077355520
Not to mention that last year they had Mangiapanne with 35 goals and Lindholm with 38 goals.
It's possible we could see the team breakout like that again, but I think it requires the new stars to start producing not just like stars, but like superstars. And it would still require guys like Bread and Toffoli to have a great second half while Lindholm keeps up his pace.