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Originally Posted by djsFlames
SB Nation's power ranking comments today:
Ha. We'll see about that. I agree our scoring will likely come down a bit, but I don't think that'll mean significantly more losses. These kids won't stop pushing, whether they get down one goal, two goals, etc. Resilience and relentlessness in work ethic is what's paying off for this team and I don't see that going away any time soon. If they have to shoot more to get the goals, then they'll get more shots. These kids have bought into what Hartley is preaching. Hiller and Ramo will give them a chance every night.
The "regression monster" can eat it.
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regression is real. The question with the flames is can they improve enough over the course of the season to offset the regression that will come. The good sign is that our goaltending has come back to earth now and we are still putting up wins.
Also with 25% of the season done even with average stats going forward we would mkae the playoffs as getting lucky early gives us enough of an edge to stay above water. So the question people should be asking isnt can we sustain our current pace but instead will we regress past the point of being an average team. Right now we are at 1.3 pts per game which would project to 106 points. Dropping to an average of 1.1 pts per game would still get us 94pts.
So are we good enough to be an average team once regression kicks in. I am starting to lean toward yes but the next two weeks will reall show where we are at.