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Just like old times
At around 9:00 EST on November 22, 2011 Sidney Crosby passed Matt Stajan in the race for the Art Ross Trophy.
What else is new with Matt?

According to a <a href="http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Calgary/2011/11/17/18985191.html">story</a> filed by Steve MacFarlane Matt Stajan recently dropped some knowledge about the Flame&rsquo;s playoff chances. Matt Stajan has played in 3 NHL Playoff games, so he knows a little something about what it takes to make them.
&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t get too far behind. Last year, I don&rsquo;t think we waited to turn it around. It maybe took us a little more time than we wanted it to. We know that it&rsquo;s hard to play catch-up.&rdquo;
Stajan implored his teammates to step-up their games to his level.<o:p></o:p>
&ldquo;The time is now. We&rsquo;ve got to start climbing the standings and make sure we don&rsquo;t find ourselves in a situation where we&rsquo;re chasing right down to the end of the season.&rdquo;<o:p></o:p>
Stajan believes that the Flames may follow in some unlikely footsteps. When reminded that very few teams outside a playoff spot around American Thanksgiving make the playoffs, Stajan duly informed the press that: &nbsp;&ldquo;There&rsquo;s stats like that in every sport. I&rsquo;d like to see the stat in baseball that the (St. Louis) Cardinals were going to make the playoffs and win the World Series.&rdquo;
He reiterated that the Flames control their own destiny. <o:p></o:p>
&ldquo;At the end of the day, we&rsquo;ve just got to focus on our next game and build off that. If you win, you get on a bit of a streak and win some games in a row and you can find yourselves right back in the hunt.&rdquo;
&ldquo;That&rsquo;s what we need to do. It starts with our next game.&rdquo;
The Flames beat the Blackhawks 5-2 Friday evening, and lost to the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 last night.
So much for that.
Matt Stajan&rsquo;s Flames have only won consecutive games once this season.
Although, as Matt said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s professional sports. Things happen. You can put odds against everything.&rdquo;&nbsp;

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Just like old times
At around 9:00 EST on November 22, 2011 Sidney Crosby passed Matt Stajan in the race for the Art Ross Trophy.
What else is new with Matt?

According to a <a href="http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Calgary/2011/11/17/18985191.html">story</a> filed by Steve MacFarlane Matt Stajan recently dropped some knowledge about the Flame&rsquo;s playoff chances. Matt Stajan has played in 3 NHL Playoff games, so he knows a little something about what it takes to make them.
&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t get too far behind. Last year, I don&rsquo;t think we waited to turn it around. It maybe took us a little more time than we wanted it to. We know that it&rsquo;s hard to play catch-up.&rdquo;
Stajan implored his teammates to step-up their games to his level.<o:p></o:p>
&ldquo;The time is now. We&rsquo;ve got to start climbing the standings and make sure we don&rsquo;t find ourselves in a situation where we&rsquo;re chasing right down to the end of the season.&rdquo;<o:p></o:p>
Stajan believes that the Flames may follow in some unlikely footsteps. When reminded that very few teams outside a playoff spot around American Thanksgiving make the playoffs, Stajan duly informed the press that: &nbsp;&ldquo;There&rsquo;s stats like that in every sport. I&rsquo;d like to see the stat in baseball that the (St. Louis) Cardinals were going to make the playoffs and win the World Series.&rdquo;
He reiterated that the Flames control their own destiny. <o:p></o:p>
&ldquo;At the end of the day, we&rsquo;ve just got to focus on our next game and build off that. If you win, you get on a bit of a streak and win some games in a row and you can find yourselves right back in the hunt.&rdquo;
&ldquo;That&rsquo;s what we need to do. It starts with our next game.&rdquo;
The Flames beat the Blackhawks 5-2 Friday evening, and lost to the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 last night.
So much for that.
Matt Stajan&rsquo;s Flames have only won consecutive games once this season.
Although, as Matt said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s professional sports. Things happen. You can put odds against everything.&rdquo;&nbsp;

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