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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Wouldn't surprise you if this team played at a 0.365% win percentage prior to the trade deadline?
You realize only 1 team in the NHL is that bad right now, right?
The Flames have 12 points in the last 10 games.
Of the 18 teams currently below us, only 2 had more points in their last 10 and 1 team equal to us with 12. The Flames increased their lead on the other 15.
It will take an absolute miracle for things to go the way you're speculating. It's not based in realty whatsoever.
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The surprise for me is that the Flames are playing as well as they have and it is great that success is primarily at home where our fans can enjoy it. This has been a joyous surprise, but it hasn't raised my expectations for the season.
The "reality" of the current situation is that the Flames are not good on the road and have more road games than home games between now and the deadline (8H vs. 13A) and 15 of those 21 games are against playoff teams or competitive bubble teams. We also have more back-to-back games in January than anywhere else in the season (although tonight's postponement helps ease the schedule).
Compare that to December where we had 8 home games and only 4 road games and zero back-to-back games.... December was about as soft a schedule as the Flames could ever hope for.
November was a harder schedule with 7 home games and 8 road games and only 1 back-to-back but still not as tough as January or March.