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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
I think a key thing being overlooked is luck
their prime was technically 4-5 years ago but they lost to the Hawks and Canucks in the WCFs
they wanted to rebuild, basically put Thornton and Marleau in the bargain bin but couldn't move
stripped Thornton of the captaincy, had their best D man playing 2nd line RW, think their run this year is down to the GM not being able to make the moves he wanted over anything else
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I think the Sharks just have better goaltending, so it's tough to claim luck has a big factor. Niemi allowed the same kind of softie goals when he was their goalie, and you can just tell San Jose isn't worried about fluky shots going in anymore.
The Flames still would have made the playoffs with average goaltending. 11th in shots allowed vs. 30th in goals against is an ugly stat. This Sharks team didn't even make the playoffs last season because Calgary had decent goaltending.