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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Think it's a combination of a couple things.
- Tougher section of the schedule
- Some injuries to areas that lack depth (Bahl, Zary, and Backlund)
- Other teams stepping up their game after the break and the Flames just didnt' have another gear.
So I think it's a .500 team that's facing more of a blip to be more in that .420 range.
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Definitely a tougher section of the schedule. Just to show a contrast:
- December was a super friendly schedule for the Flames with lots of home games and the road games were all in the West.
- March is mostly road games and the majority of those games are in the East and there are more back-to-back games this month.
Also, 2 months ago we would have been happy to see the "bottom 10" Rangers in the schedule. Now they have fought their way back into the playoffs and are not likely to be an easy game for the Flames.