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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Hardly. Johnny Gaudreau and Sean Monahan were on pace for career seasons for much of last year. The Flames were driving possession (even if it was boring, boring hockey) and were solidly in a divisional playoff spot for a whole lot of the season.
Yeah, the Flames are much better this season and their grasp on a playoff spot is a lot better thanks to the West being a whole lot weaker and their own much better start.
But, for the second consecutive year, Gaudreau and Monahan have seen their offense almost completely dry up in late February and into March. The team is in a better spot but its drivers are performing a similar disappearing act to what we saw last year. With Monahan, we know it was injury-related last year, but I have no idea what the cause is this year.
For Gaudreau -- remember when he was on pace for 120 points earlier this season? That's dipped down to 102 and it's continuing to fall. Last year, Gaudreau was on pace for 98 points late in February and wound up with just 84, scoring just 5 goals in his last 23 games.
It's worrying that we're seeing this dip in production for another consecutive year.
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Flames would have been a lock for the playoffs with 89 points by February last season too. They have a dominant record Vs. the East this season.
FIRST THREE GAME LOSING STREAK OF THE SEASON
this is NOTHING like last season
Every team but Tampa has slumped this year