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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Some people need to relax a little. Flames are still, by points %, the worst team in the league, even after their current hot streak. They've luckily banked a lot of losses earlier in the season to shield themselves from finishing in the mushy middle.
I expect as other teams start ramping up the second 20 game set, we'll see Flames get those coveted losses. They had to play above their heads just to be barely over .500 over the last stretch of games.
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Is this a hot streak or is this the team playing up to their level? If I look at the season to date, the first 15 games or so seems like the anomaly. Since then they have played similarly to last year.
Trading Rasmus at the deadline should have a negative effect. But I looked at the record at end of 2024 and they were .500 in their last ten games after trading half the team. In small samples, anything can happen especially with an injection of youth.
'm not ready to predict anything but this looks like a team working hard and getting solid goaltending. Some of the big underperformers have been picking it up lately.