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Originally Posted by direwolf
I really hope this is the case. Every team goes through stretches where they play crappy hockey and lose a bunch of games, and I'd like think that this is just one of those funks. Hell, Vegas had lost 5 straight before beating the Flames the other night. Also look at the Leafs and Nashville right now. They both have no shortage of talent, but are currently suffering through equally brutal losing streaks.
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The unfortunate thing thing right now is that the Flames are in this funk early in the season, which amplifies everyones feelings about it. Last year they went into the funk on the tail end of the season when they were already in the clear, and because of that there weren't a lot of alarm bells going off. Now we all know what happened in the end there and it wasn't pleasant in the least.
My hope is that the team does manage to kick into gear when december comes around, and then goes on a tear through the final months of the season. The schedule is getting much softer in january as well, so a Flames team on a roll will have a pretty decent shot at getting hot at the right time this season. I still think this team is really good, and that they will show it over the course of the season.
However, it would be incredibly nice if the Calgary Flames at some point in time could show some sort of consistency in effort level an quality of play on a season-to-season level, because right now I hardly even bother to watch the games.