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Under new coach Brent Sutter, the Calgary Flames hoped to make a deep run in the playoffs for the first time since reaching the Stanley Cup finals in 2003-04.

They certainly didn’t think just reaching the postseason would become an issue.

Calgary hopes to jump into playoff position Wednesday night when it hosts the Minnesota Wild in the teams’ first game following the Olympic break.

After being eliminated from the playoffs in the first round for the fourth straight season, the Flames (30-23-9) hired Sutter to replace Mike Keenan on June 23.

Calgary looked like one of the league’s elite teams with a 25-12-5 record through Jan. 5, but dropped 11 of its next 12. That skid fueled the trade of star defenseman Dion Phaneuf, who went to Toronto on Jan. 31 in a seven-player deal that brought forwards Niklas Hagman, Matt Stajan, Jamal Mayers and defenseman Ian White to Calgary.

The Flames continued to reshape their team two days later, trading center Olli Jokinen and left wing Brandon Prust to the New York Rangers for forwards Chris Higgins and Ales Kotalik.

With their roster overhauled, the Flames went 3-3-0 in six games prior to the break before sending captain Jarome Iginla, goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff and Hagman to the Olympics.

Calgary, which hasn’t missed the playoffs since 2002-03, is ninth in the Western Conference.

Iginla scored his team-leading 27th goal in a 3-1 win over Anaheim on Feb. 13, the Flames’ last game before the break. He has six goals in his last 10 games after scoring once in his previous 15 contests.