[SuperMatt18]

Part of the problem is the style they play too.

It's very low risk offensive style of play that is reliant on high effort from the team, and generally invites a bit of pressure from the outside, but attempts to limit the high danger.

But if:

A) Your goalie has an average night and some of those outside chances go in.
B) Your team starts to make some out of character defensive zone mistakes and that pressure turns to more scoring chances
C) The level of energy / effort dips a bit in terms of forecheck / discipline

Then you could into some ugly stretches. Because as much as there is a lack of talent, the system also almost magnifies that a bit since they aren't going to take many risks to try to "cheat" for offense either.