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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
PDO sums it up. People freaking like the team has forgotten how to hockey are just ridiculous. A few things that I thought made the difference:
1) Blues scoring on their first shot. When you score early, you feel like you have a chance to win, even when you're being outplayed
2) Special teams - the PK was red hot for a while, and now it is cold. These things ebb and flow, it'll be fine. Also, better to cool off now than a month from now. Giving up the PP goal to make it 2-2 kept the Blues in it, despite the Flames dominating them.
3) A red hot goalie - give him his due
4) Markstrom isn't currently red hot. Again, PDO. For that reason alone, it makes sense to rest him - if he isn't winning us games, why work him hard? Let Vladar get some action (we may need him at some point)
I don't see anything to worry about. I see a great team that is currently not firing on all cylinders. They have 4 weeks to get back into hot mode.
Relax people - they are going to be fine, they are going to win the division, and they are going to be ready for the playoffs.
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When you think about it ... you go from a 1.02 for three months to a 0.98 team for six games ...
In a game with 30 shots each way that's a swing of 1.2 goals per game against you.
Boom lose close games.
Teams that get up 12-4 in high danger chances and 30-10 in shots on goal through two periods are doing a lot right.
Just not getting the results.