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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I don't know, two wins in their last 10 may have something to do with the negativity. Yes some people are far too pessimistic in constantly predicting failure but looking at the overall season record and ignoring the trend line isn't all that helpful either.
This isn't how you want to be playing in the second chunk of 20 games.
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The schedule hasn't helped. Since Dec. 11 they have played 6 games and three of them were on the road against the three best teams in the league. If the Flames were playing a normal schedule they would have moved on from those losses but they have played one game since and it was an ugly loss to a one of the worst teams in the league. There is a good chance they may lose tonight against what's been the best team in the league this season so the reality is that we are looking at a Saturday night date between two of the worst teams in the NHL since December. It's never a good thing to be as desperate as the Oilers.