4 out of the last 5 games have been against clubs the critics of our early success would have pointed to as teams that were good who we hadn't played enough against or at all which was inflating our record.
In those games, we are 2-2. Regardless of record, not sure how anyone can't be happy with how the team looked. In both losses we were at minimum equal with our opponent and simply didn't get the luck or maybe got some weak ones past the goalie. Vs Anahiem in game one, a huge character win in third great push, tonight, reasonable effort and some good goaltending for the win.
I don't think you can leave this set of games thinking we are a better team than Anahiem and Chicago, maybe two of the conferences best, but I think its safe to say the boys proved they can compete with those teams and threaten to win each night. Not sure we could have hoped for more than that. This team keeps putting up more and more check marks that suggest they could be for real.
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