Friends, if you have a calendar and the National Hockey League standings in front of you then you've probably made a staggering realization. We're into the second half of the 2016-17 schedule and the Calgary Flames are in a playoff spot.
As long as the Flames are in the playoff conversation, we're debuting a weekly feature here for the second half where we look at where the local sports team is among their peers.
WHERE THEY STAND
| Team | GP | W | Pts | Pct | ROW | Div | Chances |
| Blackhawks | 44 | 27 | 59 | . |