Kammala wannan jumla: The Flames sun biyo bayan tafiyarsu zuwa wasan karshe tare da mafi kyawun kakar wasan su har zuwa wannan lokacin. Rikodin Calgary na 46<unk>31<unk>3 a cikin 1986<unk>87 ya kasance mai kyau ga na uku gaba ɗaya a cikin NHL, a bayan Oilers da Philadelphia Flyers. Duk da haka, Flames ba su iya maimaita nasarar da suka samu a shekarar da ta gabata ba, sun rasa wasan farko da suka yi da Jets a wasanni shida. Lokaci ya kasance da wuya a kan kankara, kamar yadda
Zaɓin zagaye na farko na 1986 George Pelawa ya mutu a cikin hadarin mota kafin farkon kakar wasa.