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Originally Posted by Hells Bells
Yes, if the Flames were 6-6 in OT instead of 3-9.. they'd be comfortably ahead of the Kings too.
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Thing is, they're 3-9 because they lack high-end players – the exact guys you want to have out for 3-on-3. Typically, a team in the middle of the standings has a better top six and first pairing than the Flames have this year, but a worse bottom six and third pairing. In OT, they keep the better players on the ice but bench the worse ones. We see the results.