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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
For those that want to use the schedule as an excuse for the Flames start, or the trip to China, it seems like the Leafs have far greater excuses for this game so here's hoping we put it to them.
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No excuses, but I think the huge turnover in the summer combined with a wholesale coaching change has more to do with the Flames's bi-polar play in October than anything else. Regardless of what coaches pronounced publicly or what fans hoped for there was always going to be an adjustment period. I think the realistic expectation was that the adjustment wouldn't be so painful as to take the team out of playoff races, and here we are.