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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
absolutely, there were stretches where Calgary looked great and then streaks were calgary looked awful.
the fact remains that Calgary was in the playoff until Smith got injured and they really played poorly after that injury... but that lends itself to the characterization by many in the media that Calgary was a 'fragile' teams. 22 occasions during the year, Calgary allow two goals in two minutes....almost like they had lost confidence and were on their heels...Fragile was fitting imo...
my comment was directed to those that uniformly started calgary was awful during the regular season, which is not the case at all... if smith wasn't injured, there was every reason to believe that they would have remained in the race until the bitter end.
so inconsistent? Absolutely. "Awful"? No.
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To your point, outside of the few elite teams in the NHL, every team experiences dips and inconsistent play. The tunnel vision irked me a lot this season because every problem we faced, 80% of the league faced as well.
That's the nature of the NHL with the parity we have. You're not going to get consistency all the time. Playing a full 60 minutes is hard because the other is just as good and is paid to win too. Every team can be fragile. Imagine how insane LA fans went when they went from #1 in their division for the first couple months to outside of the playoffs in their second of the season. It's just how the league was built and the ups and downs are a part of it.