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Originally Posted by Robbob
I think Carolina passes the eye test for me, albeit a small sample size. That initial game against them back in October 2017 one of my takeaways from the game is how aggressive their forecheck was. They really limited the space and time for the Flames. Wouldn't surprise me if from the PGT or GT from that game there are similar observations.
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The Canes looked like they were imminent to blast up the standings in October, but it didn't happen.
My guess would be their goaltending became so bad players started to cheat defensively which took away some of their flow.
Or months of somehow outplaying teams and losing got stale.
Or ... they were never that good in the first place.