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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
The negativity has most to do with results falling short of expectations. I think after the huge amount of change in the off-season (which was a rebuild IMO), left fans with hopes this team would be even better than last season.
Perspective is useful, those posts have been coming through in spades, with the “strength of schedule” “record in last X games” and “relative to last season we are close if not same results essentially”.
However that cannot negate or change the hopes / expectations set.
So for the negative people, maybe it’s not that the team is “bad” it’s that your expectations were way too wildly high to begin with. This is a parity league, and my bet is on the Flames to make the playoffs. If they can, Sutter and in particular this lineup looks like a strong playoff team that can do some damage. Anguish over every loss is a bit odd when we are in a playoff position. I know you thought we’d run away with the division and never lose a game but that was likely unrealistic to begin with.
Look at the bright side, at least we aren’t like Vancouver, which is 110% too good to get Bedard but not good enough to qualify, have the GM criticize the coach, horrendous start and star players plan their exit strategies. Things could be worse for sure.
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I agree with a lot of that. There are very few REALLY good teams in the league and even within that group, ones that many people would have identified at the start of the season as being (sure things) aren't doing great (e.g. Avs, Panthers).
Chemistry matters so much and there can be a lot of variability from year to year. And almost every team has flaws.