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Originally Posted by ViKen
Long time reader and rare poster here... thought I'd chime in 
Does anyone else notice that there may be a slight coincidence that we started this mini tailspin when our regulars started returning? We hear all the time that the difference between winning ad losing is such a fine line and our chemistry has definitely been off balance since Stajan, Raymond, and Colborne have returned.
We look like a hard working team but not a hard working and as "clutch" a team without the younger legs and extra drive. |
I think it's probably a little bit of everything. The team has played well in a lot of the losses, potentially better than some of the wins prior tbh, but maybe that speaks to the "clutch" part of your post. I'm sure our current losing streak has a little bit of following to it:
- Unlucky where as before we were getting our share of the breaks
- Tough road trip actually. Two really good teams in Pitts and Chicago in their barn. Both the Leafs and Sabers streaking in the positive way when we run into them, hot teams.
- Bodies coming back all at once, definetly going to mess with the chemistry a little.
- Bodies coming back are simply not going to have their game grove back until they play a bit more, each of those injuries was lengthy, going to take time.
- Maybe some of the bodies we subbed out actually are better now than the bodies we subbed in, time will tell on that.
So, is it a coincidence..............I don't think so entirely, but I also don't think it's close to the full story either.