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Originally Posted by Bingo
Hilarious how this topic created four pages of debate.
For the most part nobody is saying the Flames are playing great but the schedule has been their undoing ... but we've seen that push back.
I don't think anyone is saying the schedule is a dozen points or more of an impact but we've seen a pushback.
People hate excuses I guess. The team shouldn't use them, but we certainly can. This one is a fact ... they've had a harder schedule. Some are treating this as if I walked out an opinion that the refs are harder on the Flames than other teams. It's not ... they've played better teams.
Is it a huge impact? Likely not. But three points is pretty huge in 22 games in my mind.
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I guess we disagree on the bolded. Maybe if the season ended today but thankfully it doesn't. IMO at this point it's more about how you're playing than the difference three points makes.
The strength of schedule is going to move around a lot earlier in the season too as team's winning percentages change more dramatically. For instance going into last night Seattle had the 9th easiest start to the season. After last night they were 11th. They didn't even play.
Agree with your earlier comment. Some people hate excuses of any type, guess that's where I am at.
Appreciate you putting some data forward vs. just wild proclamations of how arduous the schedule has been.