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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
This team hasn't given me a lot of confidence this year, but it is true that they can go on a heater still and change the outcome of the season. It is very often the case that teams which make the playoffs, do so because of one hot stretch during the season. Even last season, this team did a lot of damage in a short period of time before regressing back to a more normal winning percentage. And that is the case with a lot of teams. Most teams aren't like the current Boston Bruins and kill it all season long. At the end of the season when people look at the final records, they usually forget the winding road it took to get there.
The closest thing this team has had to a heater this year was the very beginning of the season, so the optimistic side of me is still expecting it. It seems like in the past, December was typically when it would happen, but that didn't materialize this year. Hopefully it still happens.
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The Flames can still make the playoffs. But there isn't a requirement to buy at the deadline because you can make it. There is value in keeping your picks and getting some young guys some playoff experience too.