Toronto had their success in a shortened season where a hot start is massive, if that team had played in an 82 game season there would have been a pretty good chance that they would have fallen because their goalies would have died from exhaustion.
Colorado got all world goaltending in their hot year and they lost Stastny which was a big loss, and their goaltending slumped to human norms.
Calgary has better personal then last year, they got what I would call average goaltending and still won last year.
The scenario's aren't comparable.
The Calgary vs Avs vs Leafs flames argument is a flawed argument for putting you're eggs in the advanced Stats basket without understanding personal or watching teams play.
Hey the Flames could regress this year, they could suffer a ton of injuries, but the comparable aren't the same. I hope the Flames finish higher then last year so the advanced Stats arrogance takes a hit.
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