The team has won six in a row. They haven't been works of art, but they rarely are. Gone are the days where we rip bad teams apart 8-1. Just get over it, the league has parity. Most games are close.
Exactly. 6 W in a row. 16-2-2 in last 20 games.
What games have we not been good in? Last night vs Toronto? We were the better team. Vs the Flames? I was at the game. That was a beauty game and the Flames were full measure for the 3rd. They are just as good as us and they are fighting for their lives. They were awesome and we pulled it together for OT and were "clutch" in the shootout.
The loss vs Boston? 3-1 and we hit a bunch of posts and were dominating the end of the game fighting back. Even game were puck luck was not in our favour (unlike most of our streak). Vs Buffalo? A meh game we won.
Since we got hammered by Carolina 2 months ago we played well enough to win every single game we have played. And we actually have won virtually everyone.
No one is acting overconfident. Not a single player. We are acting calm and confident. Not even pesky...just good. We are playing like a great team does now. We expect to win. If we get scored on we just keep playing and get the goal back. All 4 lines are rolling. Both of our bottom 6D fought last night. Our "checking line" or 3rd, 4th line of Condra Pageau Lazar is playing like the freaking Pahlsson, Niedermeyer, Moen line that killed us in the finals vs the Ducks.
Karlsson is becoming a forceof nature. Started after Calgary tied it at 4 in 3rd period. From that point Karlsson has been the best hockey player in the world. At that point Karlsson began to LOOK like he was playing really hard. He always is but he started to look like Pageau or something. When a graceful effortless player like Karlsson is visually seen to be making a ridiculous physical effort... It is incredible. Like watching playoff Alfie. Need a goal? Board Tucker, steal puck, score. That has been Karlsson since the Flames comeback. The team buried their chances that shootout.
This team is not overconfident at all. It is confident. You see great teams play like this and win Cups. It is only a 2 month regular season run but it is huge. If we can keep this mentality we will compete for the Cup this season and for several years. Now we have a team that if it goes 2 goals down it just plays harder. Tough loss Boston? We just win 6 straight after that.
