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Originally Posted by Bingo
I see 5 to Colorado (they have games in hand) and six to the Jets who are in a bit of a free fall already.
Win tonight and it's 4 to Winnipeg and they have a tough schedule coming up.
Honestly can't see it happening, but it helps when you can see the path regardless of how difficult.
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I see nine to Colorado based on games in hand and winning percentage. They are even in games with Winnipeg and need to pass them in ROW to get the tie breaker I do believe. That means they are seven points back as they must be clear of Winnipeg to get in. Bottom line is the Flames have to out perform Winnipeg by seven points in the next 18 games and hope Nashville does not outperform them as well. Nashville having three games in hand means they actually project to 72 points based on winning percentage in even games, so the Flames have another team to vault past. It's a three-team race and the Flames are trying to reign in the other two. The trend is still 97 points to get in. Flames need 28 points in the last 18 games. Ten games above .500, so 12-2-4 or 13-3-2 or 14-4-0. That would be quite the heater to get on (.778 winning percentage) going into the post season and put the fear of god into anyone having to play them. It's a path, but a narrow one.