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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
This may be the hottest of hot takes. Yes, the Flames are 6 points out of 10th, but have 10 teams to climb over and 8 of those teams have games in hand.
This was the absolute worst possible outcome for a team struggling to make a decision on dumping their soon to be UFAs. This is a team that has opportunity to make some real significant change in direction and recover from some of the damage done organizationally by the previous manager. Superficially they have played themselves back into the race, but this really feels like smoke and mirrors. Coleman and Sharaganovich leading the team in should be a red flag here and determine sustainability of this all.
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Meh. I’ll be honest I don’t care either way. After the Chicago loss I decided to just see what happens. They are playing good hockey and are getting great goaltending. I’ve seen the teams they are competing against to get in and I don’t think any of them are anything special. I think the Flames are going to get in because they have finally gelled.
In general I hope they don’t turn them into the Buffalo Sabres for the next 7 to 8 years. I don’t think that will happen though. They are fun to watch and competitive. The odds are so small on winning the cup I don’t think it will ever happen in my lifetime. The draft is a pure crap shoot. So don’t turn them into Buffalo, make good decisions and see what happens.