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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Over the long stretch it all tends to even out for sure, every team plays 82 games over the course of about 180 days in the course of a season. Every team will have stretches that are more compressed and stretches that are more rested.
But when looking at these last 2 games specifically, and the performance in those two games, I think it can be shown that fatigue is a factor.
9 games in a 15 day stretch is not a normal body of work for an NHL team. They might still lose both these games even if they are rested - the Leafs and Avs are better teams.
But when looking at the actual performance in the games themselves and how the team looked to me it seems like fatigue is a factor and that would be a factor of the compressed schedule.
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But there's simply no evidence for that. If the league gave the Flames a two week break and remanded them to Hawaii, with the exception of playing Toronto and Colorado a week apart, would the results be any different than they were?
My answer is I don't know. Your answer seems to be yes. Please correct me if I'm wrong.