I think people really underestimate how much inconsistency
all teams experience. Echoing some earlier posts: there's so much parity in the league. To illustrate, I took a look at the reddit power rankings from yesterday, where each team has a fan do a write up of their team's recent play. Some examples:
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The third line still can't score, and our defense admittedly falls apart sometimes ... The Blues need to fix these problems, though.
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- St. Louis (15-5-1)
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league worst power play, offensive struggles, inconsistency at center, injures
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- Columbus (12-7-1)
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crashed down hard to earth this week with a four game losing streak ... struggled offensively ... nowhere near as dominant as they were the first few weeks of the year
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- Los Angeles (12-7-2)
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gameplan of "build a 3 goal lead and then turtle hard" finally bit them in the ass this week
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- Nashville (11-6-2)
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Not every week can be a winner ... defense that can be a liability ...
cracks have begun to show ... my optimism wanes as the rest of the division nips at our heels
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- New Jersey (11-5-3)
These are all good teams that are competing for 1st in their divisions, and they are also full of flaws and inconsistencies. You don't get 100 points by being exactly at an 100 point pace all season long. You get there by playing at a 120 point pace sometimes and an 80 point pace sometimes. Even the best teams in the league get blown out sometimes. By the standard some of us seem to expect out of the Flames, every coach in the league not named Jon Cooper should be on the hot seat.