How would the standings look?
Well, if the Calgary Flames had those five extra points, they would have 24 points in the league right now. Like I mentioned, Chicago and St. Louis would each have two points less. Chicago would be sitting at 26 points and St. Louis would be sitting at 23 points. As a result, this means that as of now, the Flames would be third in the Western conference and would be second in the Pacific division. And these 24 points aren’t including if they would have gotten an extra point out of the game against Carolina or if they would have gotten any points in the game against the Sabres. This only occurred to me right now as I finished typing this and now there are real tears on my keyboard.
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Can you believe this, though? If their special teams have been even just slightly better, better by just a tiny smidgen, their position in the standings would look completely different.
I need a few days to process this. I hope the Flames are looking into this and know some change needs to happen because so many more wins will come their way if their special teams improve by just a hair.