You know when you watch those fictional sports shows and there's the main characters near the bottom, some "elite" team near the top, and maybe a starter rival team to get the main characters motivated to play well?
And you remember how there's generally a montage sequence where everything comes together for the main characters and they start steamrolling the league?
The Flames are one of the teams that get rolled over without so much as an introduction or meaningful impact on the story. They're league space filler.
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