from Wes Gilbertson at the Calgary Sun,

From playoff outsiders to 100-plus points in the standings …

Whatever happens next, the Calgary Flames have been a terrific turnaround story this season.

This current cast has now notched 47 victories, the highest total for any Flames edition since that banner-raising bunch in 1988-89. Thanks to a 3-1 triumph in Saturday’s salty showdown with the Canucks in Vancouver, they zoomed past the century mark for only the fifth time in franchise history.

“We talk all the time about being where your shoes are. That’s just staying in the moment, and I think we’ve done a pretty good job of that,” reasoned Flames general manager Brad Treliving. “To win in this league, you need a lot of things. You need talent, you need hard work … But I think our consistency has been a key thing for us. We haven’t had too many peaks and valleys. And when we haven’t been great, we’ve been able to find a way to scratch out some points.”

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