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Originally Posted by Bingo
No team riding a razor wire line between winning and losing can avoid a correction.
It's coming.
I give them full marks for doing what they've done. The good news is the young guys pushing through are making the difference, as you said.
But they won't sustain top 5 goaltending.
And the lack of offence will catch up with them.
But they may be in the playoff mix now because of a great first quarter, which not many of us saw coming.
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I don't know if agree with all of this. Trust me, I'm not going to get into an advanced stats argument with you as that is the proverbial bringing a knife to a gun fight. Here's the last 5 games win-o-meter results;
Min 44.5% CGY 55.5%
NYR 28.5% CGY 71.5%
NYI 23% CGY 77%
NSH 50.5% CGY 49.5%
VAN 73.7% CGY 26.3%
Buried by Vancouver, gutted it out against Nashville which were the last two games of a tough run. Then, got some rest and practice time and showed pretty well in the next three - definitely not razor thin at any rate.
And, I just can't buy into the thought that the goaltending isn't sustainable. I've held onto the "let's see" if Wolf can do in the NHL what he did in every other league for a long time. Now, I've let go of that train of thought. He's the real deal. Vladar is good. Wolf is exceptional.
Lack of offense is worrisome for sure. Can't debate that.