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Originally Posted by Textcritic
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.
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That is an excuse though. And to me, it in no way explains how they failed to show up in NY, Montreal and then at home to Pittsburgh.
We have seen that kind of erratic play from this club many times before so all I can do is hope it is behind them at this point.