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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

The big problem all year is that the team hasn't been "bad" they just haven't been able to finish games and get points. A big part of that is just having the lowest PDO in the league (shooting + save). I can't recall a game all year where the Flames were played off the rink. Maybe that one game against the Avs that they lost 4-1. Against the top teams in the league they've played them tough all season: Boston, Vegas, Toronto, Carolina, Colorado, Tampa, Dallas have all been close games. And that's with Markstrom and Huberdeau not being close to their best all year.

Really you can pick out the games that have them out of a playoff spot quite easily, and it's not the games against the elite teams.

November 2nd vs the Kraken: 4-2 lead in the third, Kraken score 3 in 5 minutes to win 5-4. Vladar with an .808 save percentage.

November 7 vs the Islander: 3-1 lead going into the third, Islanders score twice in a minute in the third. Flames lose on PK in OT.

December 1 vs Montreal: Flames out shoot Montreal 46-19 but lose 2-1.

January 8th vs Chicago: Flames outshoot Chicago 47 - 25. Chicago wins in OT.

January 10 vs St.Louis: Flames leading 3-1 going into the third, Blues score twice in 28 seconds in the third. Flames lose 4-3 in OT.

Feb 6th vs the Rangers: Flames take a 4-3 lead in the third, blow it late, lose in OT.

Feb 13th vs Ottawa: Flames lead 3-1 with under three minutes left. Let in 2 goals in 50 seconds, lose 4-3 in OT.

Feb 20th vs Philly: Flames tied it up 3-3 in the third. Next shot goes in and Flyers go up 4-3. Flyers score 4 on 22 shots.

Feb 28th vs Boston: Flames dominate all game, and outshoot Boston 57-20. Boston ties it with 6 minutes left in the third. Bruins win in OT.

That is 9 points right there on games where Flames either should have easily won, had a lead late and blew it, or had multiple goal lead going into the third and blew it.

Doesn't even include some other losses where they just had poor goaltending and lost - these are just the games they either dominated and lost against bad teams, or blew a lead.

My favorite CP post of the season (not green text)