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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Fan X and Fan Y can debate all they want if the team is better or worse but the truth is in the record. At the end of the day all teams are judged solely on wins and losses. If this team goes 1-2 on the road this week (highly probable) we are still likely looking at the basement of the standings close to middle of February.
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There's that word again.
No. At this early stage of the season "the truth" is nothing much more than a matter of interpretation of numerous variables that indeed can be employed to make various points and predictions about the outcome of the season. To speak of "the truth" after six games, and to pretend that you have a monopoly on it is arrogant at best, ignorant at worst.
No. A team's record at this point in the season cannot be used as the final arbiter of how the teams measure up against one another, nor is it very reliable for predicting how they will all finish. It does not at all take into account how the season balances out, streaks, injuries, travel, and a multitude of other critical variables that all factor into what makes for success or failure in an NHL season. You are projecting certainties from extremely nuanced probabilities, and it makes you appear dogmatic.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
All I know is that as the weeks go by any arguments of improvement are going to get substantially weaker as the losses and missed opportunities at points accumulate.
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You
DON'T KNOW THIS because it hasn't happened yet. You may think that the team is destined to continue to struggle, but this is in fact something that legitimately remains a matter of debate. Of course, someone with such a propensity for entrenched opinions and peremptory assertions is likely not prone to embrace a much more patient view of things.