if i'm anything as a hockey fan, it's loyal. i've loved the calgary flames for as long as i've loved hockey and i've stuck with them through thick and thin, including the 7 year playoff drought. so when i say that i think they're finished this year, it's not due to my wavering support of the club, it's because they're simply not that good. game 1 against the hawks was evidence of that. it's not that they lost, but how they lost. with a 2-1 lead in the third they simply sat back and stopped attacking, allowing the hawks to come in waves. why this happens in any sport i'll never understand (see italian national team). so it didn't really matter that Havlat's OT winner was clearly goalie interference because the flames had already been beaten. i have little belief that they'll be able to avoid yet another first-round exit, but that doesn't mean i'll stop watching. and it doesn't mean i'll stop hoping.
game 2 goes tonight at 9 in chicago.
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