Losing to any team if they play well is not a concern IMO.
Teams are going to lose games they should win and vice versa, but the way they played Saturday reminded me of the first week or two of the season, just scary bad.
This is how I feel too. As emotional as the loss to MTL was, we had a great effort. But yesterday's game... it was just so..
Before yesterday's game I would have said yes, we'll make it. But now I'm saying 'maybe', because the inconsistency on this team is crazy. Afternoon game or not, the motivation to jump into a playoff spot should have been enough for these guys to come out with some fire. As soon as we met some adversity with penalties, we just fell apart.
A number of things contribute to my decision. Coaching decisions that consistently baffle me, Andy's uber inconsistent play (ie we have no idea which Andy is going to show up for any given game, regardless of importance, and it looks like we're going to go with Andy for the rest of the season regardless of what Lehner does) and just having a number of players playing sub-par this year all factor in.
In every game I have watched this year, Ottawa has seriously weak games from at least 2 players, whether it be one of the goalies, a D man or two, or a forward. Elite teams might get away with this, but Ottawa lacks the plethora of elite talent that most of the true contenders in the league possess. Because of this, in order to be a contender, we need most of the team performing consistently well. And I just don't see that happening this year.