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Originally Posted by skcli
I hope those people drinking koolaids start to realise that pre-season games did mean something, the lacklustre play of preseason does carry into the regular season games. When people start panicky, it is already December.
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I think I get what you're saying, but I will agree on principle and disagree on base. Preseason game results are generally unreliable to determine anything.
However, it is clear that this team's best players do not bring the urgency and compete needed to win meaningful games. Maybe, and most likely, this team, as is, isn't good enough to compete for anything other than a wildcard spot.
The 2017-2018 Calgary Flames today are not good enough to compete for anything other than a playoff birth.
My hope is that Jaromir Jagr comes into the fold and imparts the kind of wisdom and instruction that turns players like Gaudreau, Monahan, Tkachuk, Bennett, Jankowski, Brodie, and Hamilton into those that understand what it is to be a professional and winner day in and day out.
Unless it is a rather sudden transformation, that is what this season will serve for me. Strangely, that might be OK.