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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I don't think there is a championship team in today's NHL. Look at Pittsburgh and Chicago, both 1st round exits both of the last 2 seasons.
Vancouver and Boston, 2011 finalists, 2012 1st round victims.
If you say the Flames should be a consistent playoff participant then I'll agree with you, some tweaks need to be made. But there are no 'championship' calibre teams. Playoff positioning no longer matters, just get in.
The Flames could just as easily win or lose in the 1st round as much as Chicago could easily win or lose in the first round (ir)regardless of who either of them play.
Look at the stupid Oilers. Blow it up and rebuild with 3 first overall picks and they are nowhere near getting into the crapshoot. Full rebuild in a cap system is really dumb.
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The Calgary flames are not made for playoff hockey. They are way to soft and will be blown away if they did make the playoffs.
I watched Chicago vs Detroit game a couple of weeks back and there were more body checks in the last 5 minutes of that game , than Calgary could do in 2 games.