Calgary was quickly swept in the first round by the Anaheim Ducks in 2017.
The only fanfare marking the occasion was a general manager Brad Treliving saying a few prepractice words to the players.Story continues below advertisement “Any time you make playoffs that’s step one, right?” Flames captain Mark Giordano said. “That’s an accomplishment obviously to get in. It’s a tough league to do it in.”“For me, being an older guy, you don’t take it for granted because there’s been a lot of years where we haven’t gotten in,” the defenceman said. “Really looking forward to playing those games.”
“If would be nice if we were able to do that, but it’s hard at this time of year right?” Peters said.