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Originally Posted by Rhett44
I'm not blaming Conroy, this team shouldn't be as good as its record.
It's just classic Flames that Huberdeau is complete dog crap when we are trying to contend, and now that we need him to be bad he is suddenly good. Anderrson suddenly becomes good again after a down year. Kadri having a good year when he isn't in the long term plans.
Even Vladar was having a great first half of the year when he is not a good goalie at all.
Wolf has been a nice surprise, I can't fault him.
Overall, it is just classic Flames that we seem to be right in the mushy middle again this year. Never bad enough for a top pick.
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I'm not even sure it's that those guys are having good seasons. It's that they are playing a very disciplined game as a team and are getting somewhat rewarded for it.
In terms of outcomes it's very 14-15 season for sure, but that team did it in a very different style in terms of playing more open and free flowing hockey.
This year after 39 games: 18-14-7 - .551
14-15 after 41 games: 21-17-3 - .549
They traded Glencross and Baertschi that season, and Gio got hurt with 21 games left - and they still ended the season with 97 points and in the playoffs.
That season:
Final 41 games: 24-13-4; 0.634
Final 21 games (after Gio got hurt): 12-6-3; 0.643
That's the problem with this stuff - no way to predict an unexpected season. I remember pretty much everyone thinking that team was in trouble that season first when they traded Glencross, and then when Gio got hurt in the middle of what was a Norris candidate season, and then they rattled off their best stretch of the season.