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Originally Posted by VilleN
Why do people keep doing this? Yes, if you ignore the best part of the season we look worse... not a major revelation and doesn't really mean very much. Take out our worst 7 game stretch and I imagine we'd be on a 100pt pace... also, equally meaningless.The order in which you win or lose games doesn't matter much.
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Fair point. I guess, my take is that over the last 2 seasons (coincides wtih the time under the new coaching staff) i am seeing a pattern of a team that is highly inconsistent for most of both seasons, and are only in the discussion of a playoff spot due to a abnormal hot streak (or 2).
Now the counter argument to this i think is "welcome to parity in the NHL". I just don't follow other teams enough to know, whether all teams (outside the top 5, and bottom 5) see these kind of peaks and valleys. The standings tell me, even if there are other teams out there that struggle thru this, the flames are still an average to below average team amongst the middle tier of teams given that they are below them in the standings.