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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
100% that's how Kadri is but the Timing is still weird considering it started when the team was back in the fight and had clawed back into the race.
You would have expected him to ramp up his game after they got back to .500 on Jan 1
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I think the whole team was on a bit of a heater, especially offensively, and Kadri fed off that and was motivated by it. One thing I have often noticed is that teams that are hot just before Christmas tend to cool off after the break, and teams that are stone cold before Christmas sometimes play better after. I think in both cases, the holidays, and the time away from the routine at the rink, help to break the pattern, and when the team gets back to work, it has to find its own natural level again. For that and other reasons, it's hard to sustain that kind of intensity for very long.
(The CBA-mandated break in each season seemed to have a similar effect; which is why so many fans and players hated it. You get in a groove, and then have to stop and twiddle your thumbs and start over from a standstill. Only with that break, each team gets it at a different time and comes back cold when their opponents have been playing all along.)