The Calm Before the Storm

With 15  games remaining in the season, the Calgary Flames look poised to make another run for Lord Stanley’s Holy Grail.  The question is, which team will show up? Last night’s victory against the St. Louis Blues was certainly a memorable one: Iggy’s career goal #365 brings him to the top of the all-time goal scoring chart for the Flames, Lombardi ended his lengthy scoring drought and last but not least, Huselius  finally found the back of the net after 20+ games.  While any victory is important at this time of the year, we should not get too complacent and suggest that the Flames are “back on their winning ways” or “looks like we are back on track” and other forms of self-congratulatory praises just yet. Last night’s victory illustrated what many Flames fans have long known - we should be putting more pucks in the net.

Its no secret that the Flames need all of  their goal-scoring forwards to show up for the playoffs so perhaps having 2 key players end their scoring drought at this point is a certainly a good omen. The Flames need to carry this intensity to each and every single game and maintain a consistent effort across the board. While having more victories than losses at this time of the year will certainly help the Flames make it into the post season, it is the way in which these wins are accomplished will signify which hockey club will show up and exactly how far we can go into the playoffs.

Go Flames.