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Originally Posted by Savvy27
Seattle must be pretty bad. When the Flames lost to NYR in OT it seems like a lot of people were shocked they could lose an important game and it was just more evidence that they are actually not good. Now, watching Seattle, they must be even worse to get doubled up 6-3 by the same team, right?
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The Flames are 5 points back of Seattle and lose the tiebreaker so they are effectively 6 points back of Seattle.
In the last 30 games if Seattle goes 17-13, the Flames need to go 20-10 to pass them (109 point clip). In the last 30 games the Flames have played at a 14-9-7 clip (so basically 5 points below a 20-10 clip) so the Flames will have to be substantially better than they have been over the past 30 games). I suppose it is possible but Seattle has the easiest strength of schedule left so that is a huge factor as we all know.
It is the same math to pass the Oilers.
To pass Vegas, if the Knights go 16-13 down the stretch the Flames need to go 20-9-1 (112 point clip). Definitely appears to be wildcard or bust for the Calgary Flames.