Right at the moment, they're doing a pretty fair impression of legendary French mime Marcel Marceau's famous 'Walking Against the Wind' routine.
The Calgary Flames might look like to be making headway, but in reality …
Win. Loss.
Win. Loss.
Win. Loss.
The last half-dozen starts for the big team in this town have been a decidedly mixed bag.
"We were sitting here waiting for them, they came off a back-to-back,'' murmurred defenceman Deryk Engelland, trying to digest the lost opportunity of a 2-1 deflater to the New Jersey Devils Friday night. "We should've come out flying and instead it was the complete opposite.
Flames lament disappointing effort against Devils
Slow start Achilles heel for Calgary in 2-1 loss to New Jersey