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Originally Posted by activeStick
The importance of getting off to a good start would seem to be logical but I don't think it really matters that much.
From this season, Washington was 5-7 after 12, Boston was 4-6 after 10, while the Islanders were 7-5 after 12.
Out west, St. Louis was 10-3 (!!), while Nashville was 5-6 and Winnipeg was 5-5.
St. Louis' drop off was pretty bad. Their fans must be pretty pissed off about how this season went, looking back at how it started.
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I agree to an extent but Washington, Boston, and Nashville have a better track record of success so there's little reason to panic if they start slow. In the case of the Flames history is not on their side when they start seasons slow as they have missed the playoffs in 7 of the past 9 seasons and most of those seasons they started out slowly. Given it's Peters first season a .500 start wouldn't be a surprise but it would be a disappointment if they were still flirting with a mediocre record by December. Regardless even if the Flames miss the playoffs next season you would have to think nobody would be getting fired but if that was to happen I imagine Treliving's seat will be scorching hot and he wouldn't survive a 3rd straight season out of the playoffs.