Fading fast or waiting for last-second push?

Was it just me or were the Belleville Bulls really that bad Saturday night in a 4-2 loss to the London Knights?
You could count how many times Bulls drove the London net — once — and it resulted in a goal by Alex Aleardi.
I saw London's Nazem Kadri get crunched in the corner early in the game (he got up, dusted himself off and skated up ice to set up a goal) but after that I'm hard-pressed to remember another bodycheck coming from a Bull.
At least Paul Bezzo and Aleardi tried to get the bench fired-up with a couple of separate scraps.
And how many odd-man breaks did London have? The Knights looked pretty comfortable on the big ice and their lightning-quick transition game was a joy to behold.
Sure, it's difficult and maybe unfair to compare these two clubs. London is a solid contender; Bulls are firmly in rebuild mode.
However, the Brahmas are only two points out of the playoffs. So close they can smell it.
But, they need to put a bit of a streak together.
Like GM-coach George Burnett said after the game, Bulls are in the playoff chase but not the race. To do so, they've got to get over that two-point gap and get right into that mix of Sudbury and Brampton and Oshawa.
Then it's a race.
This franchise has missed the playoffs just twice since 1981.
It's a benchmark worth preserving, even it means 4-and-out vs. Barrie.