[GT] 2024-25 Flames' Playoff Snake

[Mathgod]

It just so happens this snake is the one from the Garden of Eden.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

In honour of Snek, with a hat tip to the late Ron ‘Buck Shot’ Barge:



I have a sneaky feeling about this season. Hold on to your root beer!

And now for the rare (for me) self-quote.

Turned out my sneaky feeling was right about the snake reaching 96 points (on the nose), but wrong about making the playoffs. Do I get half credit?

Snek not know playoff. Snek only know 96. This is the way.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

At least we tied the nhl record…..

If you would have told me at the beginning of the season that the Flames would match an NHL season points record, this isn't the one that would have came to mind.

[squiggs96]

This is a post with mixed emotions. The red snake won the final two games and finished at the 96 point level. It went 11-2-3 in the final 16 games, good for a 128 point pace. In the last 23 games it went 13-4-6, which was a 114 point pace. Games 38-68 put it in a big hole with a 13-14-4 record, only good enough for a 79 point pace in 31 games. The red snake spent 57/58 games below the black line from game 26-81, with only game 37 being above it by 0.024 points. It finished at the magic number, so the Flames should be in the playoffs. It's disappointing, but I am looking forward to next year.

Regular:


Extra crispy:


It's been fun. With that, I bid you all adieu.

[getbak]

[Cali Panthers Fan]

so...do we get to punch Squiggs in the taint....? or the snake....? or what?

What I'm saying is I need to punch something in the taint over all this.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

so...do we get to punch Squiggs in the taint....? or the snake....? or what?

What I'm saying is I need to punch something in the taint over all this.

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

[indes]

Snek doesn't care if you make the playoffs. Snek only cares about 96 points, we will be rewarded.

[Murph]

So are we doing 97 points next year?

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Murph

So are we doing 97 points next year?

The number 97 is subject to the Edmonton curse. It is intrinsically No Good.

(Apropos of nothing: When the Oilers are eliminated this year, if it's on the road, the home team should play ‘The Wreck of the Old 97’ on the PA.)

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

so...do we get to punch Squiggs in the taint....?

What I'm saying is I need to punch something in the taint over all this.

Oh, I want to go first!

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

What I'm saying is I need to punch something in the taint over all this.

Snek has no taint. Snek laugh at you, hee hee hee hee.

[taxbuster]

Sometimes stats, like polls, just don't tell the whole story. Sigh.


Thanks Squiggs96...I don't want to punch you, but if Gary Bettman were available...or someone in the Sit Room...or one of the Refs who screwed us....


At the end of the day, one of those games that the Flames were just...a bit...more careful than they were, cost them a kick in the dance. There's learning for them in that.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by This post is terrible

The snake is a false idol! Perhaps a worm or pool noodle? Playoff Pool Noodle seems deserving of worship

This post was terrible.

[squiggs96]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

Oh, I want to go first!

Mod edit- way over the line

[Samonadreau]

96 can still be the line. Just need to get over it, not to it.

[Party Elephant]

Originally Posted by squiggs96

Mod edit- way over the line

Jesus christ dude, what a mean-spirited post

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by Party Elephant

Jesus christ dude, what a mean-spirited post

It is well deserved.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Could you change your username to squiggs97 next season?

[edslunch]

Thanks for everything Squiggs. Looking forward to more snakes next year.