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Originally Posted by getbak
90 points today is a hell of a lot different that 90 points before the introduction of the OTL point.
This year, Tampa and the Islanders missed the playoffs with 94 points. In 1989, 94 points would have been good for third overall (Washington won the Patrick Division with 92 points and Detroit won the Norris with 80).
Hell, the Flames team that went to the Finals in 1986 finished 6th overall (and had home ice advantage in every round except the one against the Oilers) and didn't crack 90 points (89).
Also, Darryl and Keenan only coached the team for two seasons each, so it's not really a fair comparison to say Brent is the only one to hit 90 points in three straight seasons when he's the only one in that stretch who even could have (and I'd argue that the team would have done better in those seasons with either Darryl or Keenan behind the bench than they did with Brent).
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Still you can't say with any certainty that Keenan would have automatically led the team to a 90 point season had he been given another season any more than I could say that Brent would have done better than Hartley had he been given a 4th season. We will never know and my statement was not about fairness, it was about history and what actually transpired.