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Calgary Flames: Five games to circle in your calendar for 2017-18

By Ramina Shlah

CALGARY, AB - MARCH 31: Teammates of the Calgary Flames celebrate a playoff clinching win against the San Jose Sharks after an NHL game on March 31, 2017 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Gerry Thomas/NHLI via Getty Images)
CALGARY, AB - MARCH 31: Teammates of the Calgary Flames celebrate a playoff clinching win against the San Jose Sharks after an NHL game on March 31, 2017 at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Gerry Thomas/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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EDMONTON, AB – OCTOBER 4 2017: (Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images)
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Game #5 – CGY vs. EDM – March 31, 2017

Ah, the good ol’ Battle of Alberta. The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers will play in their final Battle of Alberta of the season in March at the Saddledome, in the Flames fourth last regular season game. These two teams are both projected to finish in the top three in the Pacific Division. Whether that will actually happen or not will basically be up to the teams to decide.

Even if they both finish in the Pacific division and go to the playoffs, it doesn’t mean we’ll be seeing a Battle of Alberta in the post-season. It’s only if both teams finish either second or third in the Pacific. But if we do see a Battle of Alberta in the playoffs, it’ll be the first time since 1991.

The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers both haven’t been the best teams in the last decade – especially the Oilers who didn’t make the playoffs for ten years before this past season. So the Battle of Alberta hasn’t exactly been prominent. And definitely not like it was in the 80s when these two teams really hated each other. And who were always two of the top teams in the league.

But now with both teams projected at making the playoffs and with the Flames claiming they’re ready for Cup contention and the Oilers having good odds of making it all the way, we may finally be seeing the Battle of Alberta in full-force.

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And those are five games to keep watch of! There of course may be some other ones you’d want to watch, like games against the Nashville Predators since they’re a popular pick for a contender this year as well and with that exciting 6-5 OT win against them last season that sparked the beginning of a ten-game win streak, Flames and Preds games will be fun.

Let’s just hope that they don’t have a whole lot of games like they had in their season-opener. And you know… let’s hope they can actually win at the Honda Center for once.

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