Calgary flames playoff games

With the Calgary Flames having been officially eliminated from playoff contention, the frustrating season that was no longer has much, if any, meaning. It was an extremely disappointing year for a team many expected to be one of the better teams in the North Division and has resulted in many questions heading into the offseason. It has been a pretty tumultuous season from the get-go.

However, that was very short-lived, and their inconsistencies soon came to the forefront once again. Now, here we are, with the Flames having been eliminated from the playoff race with four games to go. While there were too many reasons to count as to why they struggled this season, here are the three main factors.

Aside from Elias Lindholm, this team has really struggled to put up offence this season. Sure, players like Andrew Mangiapane and even Milan Lucic have had ok seasons for what was expected from them, but for the most part, this forward core has been missing in action all year long. While Johnny Gaudreau has had some good stints, he has been inconsistent, and his stat line shows that as he has just 42 points in 52 games.

He is certainly capable of more. Last but not least, there were players who were expected to provide secondary offence but failed to do so. You need to score goals to win and this team, despite looking pretty good on paper, was unable to do that this year.

Recently, Sutter told media he was unhappy with how a number of his young defencemen had performed this season. Then, there were guys like Juuso Valimaki and Oliver Kylington, who were expected to help contribute to the top six this season. For Kylington, he never truly got an opportunity after being placed on waivers before the season even began and has appeared in just seven games to this point. Valimaki, on the other hand, had some serious expectations placed on him, perhaps unfairly given that he had only played in 24 career NHL games heading into the year and had missed the entire prior season with a knee injury.

Still, he struggled on many occasions and has caused for some questions as to whether or not he can be as good as this fan base had originally believed. Then there are the veterans. Mark Giordano, at years of age, is what he is at this point. In a more positive lighting, Noah Hanifin was having his best season as a Flame prior to going down with a season-ending shoulder injury, while free-agent signee Chris Tanev has likely been even better than management had imagined.

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The playoffs were set up so that Calgary and Edmonton would almost certainly face each other in the first two rounds.

The Flames were major underdogs against the Oilers in the second round of the playoffs. The Flames stretched the series to a Game 7. Five minutes into the third period of a tied game, Oilers defenseman Steve Smith scored an infamous own-goal that ended up winning the series for Calgary. The Flames faced the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Flames could not recover and lost Game 7 to Tampa Bay. If Flames clinch a playoff spot, or are close to qualifying, tickets will typically go on sale in March. Flames playoff ticket prices on the secondary market can vary depending on a number of factors. This image is available through Creative Commons and has been modified from the original.