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Originally Posted by Textcritic
It is not that one period "matters" more than others. The point is twofold: first, there is an abundantly reasonable explanation for why the Flames are a better team than their record indicates. The dramatic changes at the beginning of the season were meaningful. Second, how a team is playing in March is a better indicator of how they might fare in the playoffs than their performance in October and November.
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I agree, flames are a much better team than they were in the beginning of the season.
That's not my issue, the issue is when people start throwing out "if we would have 5 more wins we'd be an elite team". Well...so would the Oilers. 5 more wins and the Canucks are comfortably in the playoffs.
We are a much better team because we learned how to play the right way. As bad as Wideman is and was and how bad Grossman was, TJ Brodie, Monahan, Gaudreau, Hamilton, Gio, Bennett all decided they'd take the first 10-15 games off. Those are our top guys and they weren't ready.
We didn't deserve to have more wins in the beginning of the season.