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Originally Posted by FAN
Umm... just like San Jose, the Canucks had a reputation for underachieving in the playoffs. After a while you have to consider whether they really are underachievers or simply not that good.
You said the Canucks were one of the best teams not to win the Cup. One of the best teams don't get lose 7 out of 9 playoff games the past two years and fail to advance past the second in others.
The WCE? They were 8th seeds until 2002-2003 where they barely beat St. Louis and lost to the Wild. The next year we beat them in the first round. The next season they missed the playoffs. That was the WCE years.
In 2006-2007 they barely got past the Stars and was beat by the Ducks. Sure the Ducks won the Cup that year but are you seriously claiming that team to be a good team? The following year they missed the playoffs.
In 2008-2009 they were beat by the Blackhawks but the Hawks weren't close to being the best team then. The next year the Hawks were great but it took a complete revamping of the defense to get the Canucks to the Cup finals the following year. After that they pretty much got swept aside the next two years.
Like I said, the year they went to the Cup finals as just about the only year the Canucks can claim to be one of the best teams in the league.
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Making the playoffs consistently and winning presidents trophies is my definition of a good team. I get its hard to give the Flames sworn enemy any credit but they have been a good team. One of the best due to their consistency IMO. I don't like them but they deserve some credit.