The Calgary Flames are dangerous when the world has given up on them. They fill the net, go on home winning streaks, find hat tricks on Cowboy night, and entertain their fans.

However, when the same team starts feeling good about themselves they play dangerous, which almost always results in ice cold starts and brutal first periods. We saw the same on Monday night in Dallas with a listless Flames spotting the home side a 3-0 lead before digging back into the game and coming up short in a 4-2 Texas dust up. - Full Article –

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26 points – 14th in the West

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27 points – 13th in the West

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It’s an odd thing to be predictable yet inconsistent.

The Flames for the better part of four years have been painfully inconsistent in their week to week effort; a fact that has landed them in those nether regions of standings both too good to be written off and too bad to make the playoffs.

Yet the team is also very predictable. Said predictability continued again tonight where the Flames; written off for dead after a monstrous California road trip, added the Predators to the Wings as home ice victims; this time by a 6-3 final score to move back to .500 and arguably move back into the playoff picture in the west.

Here we go again …
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Before the season, many experts slotted the Flames anywhere from 8th – 15th in the West, where only the most dire of circumstances could possibly lead to a last place finish. With the Flames playing mostly healthy this year, the team has inexplicably faltered at any real chance to put together a winning streak and find themselves sitting in the Western Conference basement looking up at the Oilers, Blue Jackets and everyone else.

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The Flames got off to a bad start, put forth a good effort, and found themselves with another loss. It’s getting more and more difficult to find things to say about this team without sounding like a broken record. 3 games ago the Flames had finally gotten above .500 and were 4 points out of 4th place in the west. 3 games later the Flames find themselves in last place in the West and 6 points out of a playoff spot. - Full Article –