When I look at the standings, despite their terrible start, the flames are a 5-6 winning streak away from being in the mushy middle of the league and a 7-8 game win streak from being within striking distance of a playoff spot. The team is playing better and I think the lines are starting to solidify a bit. Wolf is looking really sharp again. The teams they face over the next few weeks are not as tough as the last few weeks. Could see a stretch of winning here.
I could be wrong but over the last few seasons when the team has been rumoured to be willing to trade players (Markstrom, Lindholm, Hanifin, Zadorov, Tanev), it seems like Conroy rarely makes the move when the team is playing well or winning. I could see a win streak of 4-5 games cooling off trade rumours. For better or worse.
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