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Originally Posted by bax
If I'm interpreting this correctly (and I may not be) isn't it a little difficult to determine level of competition that early in the season? I mean the Oilers according to their record look like a decent team on paper, but they have been terrible lately.
A team like the stars looks terrible on paper, but they can turn it on any given night. In short, I think there are no easy nights in the NHL and therefore the quality of competition isn't all that important. It depends on streaks, styles, etc.
I think we've seen lately that the flames can win in a multitude of different ways.
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That is what I am seeing. I am not all that persuaded by tkflames rationalization because of how the team is currently playing, and how they are winning games. What good teams are able to do is to play any style against any team in the NHL, and the Flames have demonstrated this ability over the course of the past twenty games or so. This is not something we ever saw last year. While it was awesome to watch when they were winning, Flames games were almost always stroke inducing exercises in which they were constantly on the brink of either winning or losing. This year's team appears much more comfortable gaining the lead and keeping it.