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Originally Posted by Textcritic
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.
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.
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Sorry I'm not going to get into a long winded argument about this with you as long winded arguments are your specialy but record is all that counts at this point. Nobody said that this poor start guarantees a last place finish but it surely makes the probabilities higher with every loss. The future doesn't matter today because it hasn't happened yet and I'm not going to argue about what may or may not happen. All I have to go on is the record and how they have played. I think the coach has done a good job getting the players to play hard and adapt to his system but I still see the same tell tale signs from the past. The same slow starters starting slow, Kipper on his good year/bad year rotation which is unfortunately on bad year.
I want them to turn it around just as much as anyone else here but the Iginla/Kipper and Co. Flames ran out of goodwill years ago and I'm not going to be happy because they are playing more up tempo hockey until it results in wins and points in the standings. The fact is they stink right now despite opening with a schedule tailored to a quick start with 5/6 games at home and 3 visiting teams coming in on the 2nd half of back to backs.
You coming back with long winded responses isn't going to change what's happened to this point in the season and you can't tell the future any more than I can.