It would be pretty tough to recapture 04's magic (for numerous reasons) but the Dome still becomes a different place in the playoffs, and does so with increasing magnitude as the stakes rise. The 08-09 series against Chicago had a fairly intense atmosphere, and if the Flames did something outlandish like, say, defeating Anaheim or Chicago in round 1...I think you'd witness the excitement erupt quite quickly.
A round against Edmonton would also be off the charts, but in some ways for the wrong reasons. The Dome's beautiful red purity would unquestionably be soiled by a spattering of ugly orange and blue that one wouldn't be able to unsee with a thousand blindfolds.
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