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Originally Posted by gvitaly
The Flames have guaranteed home advantage in the first round and can't fall bellow second in the pacific. It seems it's down to Dallas or Nashville as the Flames' first round opponent. The rest of the teams have less than a 0.8% chance with Vegas and LA leading the way.
Updated likely first round opponents:
Weighted Schedule:
DAL - 64.6% (was 26.8%)
NSH - 33.7% (52.9%)
Without taking account opponents in the games remaining:
DAL - 56.0%
NSH - 42.0% |
Flames are a great team and I feel confident they can beat any team in a series this year under Sutter and with how he has transformed this team. But I would probably prefer to face Nashville.
I feel like Nashville is a better team overall than Dallas but Dallas is a team full of “flames killers”… Benn, Seguin, Radulov, Heiskenen, Pavelsky. Not to mention Suter who is a slashing machine - and remember, at best he will only be called for every 10th or so slash he gives Gaudreau.
Dallas is also one of the most frustrating teams in that they win games against the flames even when they don’t play well. Can’t count how many times the flames have dominated the game and Benn/Seguin don’t play very well yet those two seem to capitalize on the rare chances they get and pull off 2-3 points anyways.
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The Avs win over the Hurricanes clinched it, damn. 
