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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Agreed.
If not for the last 10 games of performance, I would have thought the Flames had a very good chance of playing the role of first round spoiler. Maybe that's as far as they would go, but it would have still been fun none the less.
However, their recent performance shows just how much of a "waste of 8 days" it would be for them.
Drop down. Keep a high pick. Add it to the pool.
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It's really almost 20 games now going back to the 5-2 loss to the Jets on Jan 26th. After beating Minnesota on the 25th they were 7th in pts percentage in the conference, had a .585 points percentage and were 3 points up on Van with a game in hand and 5 points up on STL with 3 games in hand.
But since that win they've struggled.
6-9-4 in that time, .421 points percentage, 27th in the NHL. 44.9% xGF at 5v5 is 29th in that time, 42.8% xGF in all situations is 31st. 41 GF, 57 GA in those 19 games.
Lose tonight and it will be .400 hockey over their last 20 game stretch.