Early season syndrome.
Some of the better teams in the league start off the season horribly or well below their usual standards, while some of the pretenders or bottom feeders look like they could challenge for the Stanley Cup down the road.
By Christmas time, things will start to straighten out. They always do. 
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"It's not the way it's going to be. We have to be very, very patient and build this the right way. We have to go through a process. It may be painful. I hope it isn't. But we're prepared for all the bumps and pratfalls and potholes in the road ahead. I'm prepared for it anyway, or I wouldn't have come." - Ron Wilson, Head Coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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