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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo
It's a snap shot. One team, one season.
Not everything needs to be over-analyzed to that degree where conclusions on how franchises need to be built are drawn.
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This.
I'm sure we could say after '04 that the Flames were the model example of how a hardworking team of nobodies (outside of 2 players) that are all on the same page can have success.
Except that was a one season thing that couldn't be sustained without better core pieces in place.
San Jose has been far from the envy of the NHL despite some moderate success. This season they've had a breakthrough year, on the back of a new tender in Jones and resurgence of Thornton. I wouldn't put much more into it than that.
They'll probably choke again, and they still have no cups to show for how the franchise has been run. It's like if the Flames remained a one round perennial playoff team with the occasional deeper run. But people sure weren't very satisfied with that by the '09 season..