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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Why do you keep quoting posts of me explaining I'm only talking about the last 5 games, and then saying things like "we've lost 7 of 9" ...?
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Because, as I pointed out just above your last post, the last 5 games are an entirely arbitrary sample. The real question is what the team has done since the last opportunity to make meaningful roster changes, which was the TDL.
That is why everyone in this thread is talking about that period of time, except you.
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prior to the last 5 games, we wanted to win to make the playoffs. for the last 5 games it's been impossible to make the playoffs, so winning no longer matters.
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That's not how it works. Everybody knew at the TDL that this team was not making the playoffs without a miracle. Teams don't have a switch labelled ‘effort’ that they can simply turn on and off on command. But GMs have a switch labelled ‘trades’ that gets turned off at a certain date whether they like it or not.
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we've treated those games like we're still trying to make the playoffs, and we've gone 3-2 in them
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THEY, not ‘we’… the Calgary Flames, a group that does not include you… have treated those games like competitive hockey games. They played very badly against Arizona, as it happens, but the Coyotes' goalie played even worse. That's a thing that happens when bad teams play each other.
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this is my final post in this thread.
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What a relief!