For all the despair, gnashing of teeth and bellyaching, the determination of exasperated fans to stick a fork in them and declare them done, the Calgary Flames are not done.



Far from it.



Now, they’re not a great team — they’re far from that at the moment.



But as we flip the calendar to 2020, there’s still plenty of time remaining for this club — runner-up to the Tampa Bay Lightning for the Presidents’ Trophy last year — to turn around this season.



Forty games over the span of 94 days, to be exact. That’s how long interim head coach Geoff Ward has to find a way to turn the three-period effort in Edmonton on Friday and the third period-dominance against Chicago on Tuesday into the norm and not the exception.



The extended troubleshooting period is a byproduct of the forgiving nature of the Pacific Division. Not only is making the playoffs still a very distinct possibility, so is winning the...