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Originally Posted by Jay Random
To win more, you have to try again, and to try again, you have to be there. The '89 Flames began to be dismantled the moment they won the Cup. Loob, Ramage, and McDonald never played for the team again. Mullen, McCrimmon, Peplinski, Hrdina, and Murzyn were all gone by the midpoint of the 1990-91 season. Almost none of the players who replaced them were of the same quality.
The fact that a substantially different Flames team did not win the Cup in 1990 or 1991 should not take anything away from the 1989 team.
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I think it's just the optics of having a team that was part of a dynasty. It shouldn't take away from the Flames dominant season, but asking people 20+ years after, they remember Cups more than anything.
I actually don't think picking the 84-85 Oilers should be controversial. It was a very good team and had the best player of all time in his prime.