October: 5-5-2 - .500 points percentage.
November: 4-9-1 - .321
December: 5-7-2 - .428
January: 6-6-1 - .500
February: 2-3-0 - .400
March: 8-5-0 so far, for .615 (with 3 games left will be at worst .500)
This is a feelgood month for sure, but not insanely out of whack. Ups are to be expected, just as downs are.
People seem eager to forget the bad stretches, like when we got shutout 5 times in the first 7 games after christmas, including games at home vs. Edmonton and Vancouver. I'm not saying that having a short memory is a bad thing here. On the contrary, I see it as a sign that the fans have embraced the team after what seemed at times like a bit of a rocky start. (The Baertchi "controversy" was pretty painful on this board, funny as that seems in retrospect.) Maybe the most impatient fans are gone, or maybe they've settled in, who knows.
In any case, I think it speaks volumes of the team and it's coaching that those bad stretches didn't do any permanent damage. Pretty much every player seems to have come out better. Even Butler is playing so well that pretty much no-one is on his case anymore. It's truly a season of wonders
While there will again be rough times, I feel we're in a place where it's pretty easy for everybody to take things as they come without getting too upset.
We've got the coaching both here and in Abbotsford, we've got a decent collection of young players and prospects (all things considered), a good captain, and a GM/President who by his track record should at the very least know his job. (Some even think he's pretty good at this stuff.) It's no wonder the fans are on board and supportive. There's hope and even some expectations, but not rush or desperation, and certainly not Oilers-style presumption that success is inevitable. It's so far so good for this rebuild, even though it is very, very early.
I guess this was really just a "how I feel about" post, no bigger point than that
As a PS I'll add this:
When it comes to counting Feasters successess and failures, he seemed to have a pretty good eye for coaches. Ward and Hartley seem like the right people for those positions.