Game Day: Flames Vs Wings

Have been a bit busy lately, so haven't had much time to post anything in a while. Time to get back to it.

It's that time of year again. The trade deadline (yawn) has passed, the teams are set, and everyone has about 16-17 games to play. 32-34 more points up for grabs. For all the teams jostling for a playoff spot, and there are a lot of them, every game is a big one. And in my opinion todays game for Calgary has to be considered massive.

The Flames have gone 2-1 since the Olympics, getting shut out first game back, then finding the back of the net 5 times in back to back wins against two of the leagues top defensive teams in The Wild and Devils. And that's what I want to see more of today.

The Wings are no longer the class of the league, but still show glimpses of what they are capable of so they are still an opponent not to be taken lightly. I am hoping for a truly dominant performance by the Flames today. I need something to help restore my faith that Darryl hasn't completely lost his mind with some of the deals he has made. Some of the parts he picked up do seem to really be working well so far, but now is when it all has to come together every game.

93 - that's pretty close to the magic number to make the playoffs. The Flames have 34 points available to them and are sitting on 73 points, 1 behind Detroit for 8th spot. You do the math. As I said, todays game is a massive one.