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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
You are weirdly counting on the other teams losing to the teams involved in the epic tank job (your post made it seem like this epic tank job would contribute to the likelihood of a higher win percentage for the Flames). But to answer your question, I am not sure 95 points makes the playoffs, so I guess I am seriously suggesting they could play .600 hockey the rest of the way and miss the playoffs.
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Well teams will lose games to bad teams I can assure you...they will also all be playing each other a lot. NHL schedules more divisional games near the end of the season for playoff race excitement. If some teams play at a ridiculous clip others will fall. IF the Flames play .600 hockey they will be beating a bunch of teams in the race themselves.
Not all these teams are going to be .600 plus the rest of the way its simple math
If the Flames have 95 points they will be a playoff team
Colorado is currently the 2nd Wildcard in points percentage with a .551
Flames are already ahead of Colorado, Edmonton, St. Louis, Nashville
If the Flames play .600 hockey two of them have to be better than .600 the rest of the way
The top team in the West has played at a .667 clip this season
Then even if that did happened it teams like the Jets and Wild are likely pulled into the race
Flames still have to actually do it, I make no guarantees of that...I am only suggesting the .650 in their last 10 and .600 since December 1 is a pace that would get it done.