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Originally Posted by dino7c
If LA and Seattle keep winning it means somebody is losing...Flames have gained ground on 13 of the 16 teams in the west over the last month.
If the division winner and the second place team are within a few points of eachother it's really not a huge advantage to take a divisional spot over a WC. Heck the division winner might get the Avs in round one lol
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https://puckprose.com/2022/12/14/dec...day-12-14/amp/
The Flames have lost ground to 6 teams, been better than 8 teams (mainly non-playoff teams) and treaded water with one team in the last month.
Since December 14th the Flames are 3 games above .500.
Since that date the following teams are better or the same
Stars - 5 games above .500
Jets - 3 games above .500
Wild - 4 games above .500
Preds - 5 games above .500
Blues - 5 games above .500
Kings - 7 games above .500
Kraken - 5 games above .500
If every month 7 teams are better than you and the team that is currently 9 games farther above .500 (Vegas) you only game one game on, it will be tough to make up much ground. Flames have gained ground on 2 playoff contending teams that they could beat (the Oilers and if you actually think it is possible for them to beat them for a playoff spot, the Avs). They have lost ground to 5 teams that should be theoretically beatable in the standings (Kings, Kraken, Blues, Preds, Wild), lost or treaded water to two teams they almost certainly cannot catch (Stars and Jets) and made ground on a team they cannot catch (Vegas). They are generally going in the wrong direction.