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Conventional wisdom says Calgary Flames are underdogs. And they're just fine with that

Prior to puck-drop on the 2014-15 NHL season, the betting website Bodog had the Calgary Flames over-under point total at 71.5.

Only the Buffalo Sabres and Florida Panthers had a lower projected number.

The Flames reached 97 points and clinched a playoff spot for the first time in six years.

To no surprise, the Flames were underdogs when they kicked off the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Vancouver Canucks. That best-of-seven series concluded with a heck of a party on the Red Mile.

Against the Anaheim Ducks in the second round of the playoffs, the odds are longer than Deryk Engelland’s three-minute-22-second shift in the Game 6 clincher over the Canucks.