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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
They tanked because they were playing terrible hockey for most of a month, it doesn't have to be intentional. And if not for the heroics of a rookie they would still be digging that hole, the rest of the team was still pretty awful. As long as there are so many passengers in the lineup nothing will really change
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I hate hate hate qualifiers like this. It's so silly in pro sports to say "Well, if not for this then they'd be that".
You know which other games the Flames would have lost this season if not for the efforts of a young player? Almost all of them.
But it's a silly qualifier because it's bred out of your bias towards your "this team is terrible and has no chance at the playoffs" narrative that you keep harping on.
The positive fans could turn that around on you and find good young players that lifted their team past the Flames during our losing streak and say "Well, if not for player X the Flames would have won 4 games during the losing streak and would be comfortably in the playoffs."