That 09 team was a good team but they got injured at the wrong time, and IMO Kipper didn't do them any favors in game 5 and 6.
Regehr, Phaneuf, and Sarich were either playing hurt or didn't play at all.
By game 6 the Flames had Aucoin, Sarich, Leopold, Pardy, Eriksson, Vandermeer as their top 6 d-men.
Even then the Flames outshot the Hawks 44-16 in game 6 but Kipper had a .800 save percentage in game 6 (following up a .778 in game 5).
Plus that was a young Hawks team, but you look at that roster and it was stacked.
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