I'm not sure how to feel about flames successes or losses this season. Going into the season I had low expectations- just wanted entertaining games, young players to step up (which is happening), wins against the teams I hate (oilers, oilers, oilers, Tampa) while finishing low and getting a good draft pick- as hard as it is to lose a whole bunch. Yet I have obviously been enjoying flames wins- like the canucks game the other night. Plus it's the canucks... there's always a bit of enjoyment beating them.
So far this season we are middle of the pack, exactly where we don't want to be. We are in the 'just missed the playoffs' territory. So, a loss to Utah on a January night doesn't seem like the worst thing. Mostly because I don't hate Utah.
I guess the only hope you'd have with a middle of the pack team is you just make the playoffs and catch lightning in a bottle. But do you really see this roster beating teams like the Knights, the Panthers 4 games out of 7?
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