[Hockey_Ninja]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

I know people aren’t done being apoplectic and I try not to intrude on the pity parade after a loss, but it’s worth pointing out that this doesn’t really mean anything, actually.

Boston has 6 regulation losses, one of those is to Arizona and the other is to Ottawa (who also beat them in a shootout).

Carolina has lost to Arizona, Anaheim, and Columbus.

Toronto has lost to Arizona (twice), San Jose, and Anaheim.

Dallas has lost to San Jose twice.

Calgary has lost to Chicago twice, and Columbus once.

That’s not to say Calgary is a fun team to watch (they aren’t) or a Stanley Cup contender (would need a miracle) but just that it’s low hanging fruit that doesn’t have any real significance when judging the quality of a team of what is/isn’t wrong with it and how major those problems might be.

With the defence, it’s hard. We lost Tanev, but we’ve also been without Kylington. The two formed our best pairing last year, so that’s a very hard blow and would be to any team, not fair to blame the rest of the guys for not making it work. We might have the worst bottom pairing in the league with Tanev and Kylington out. We also can’t score to save our lives after losing our top two scoring wingers, so I don’t know, maybe that’s a pretty clear and obvious problem and one that doesn’t have anything to do with the defence.

The Avs lost to the Ducks last night and the Yotes and Blackhawks earlier this year as well. Bottom feeders have always beaten teams in playoff contention. It sucks but it is what it is