it is seriously bad when there are only 4 playoff round victories in 30 years - and 3 of those were in 2004. And had Smyl managed to pot one past Vernie in that game 7 OT, the Flames would most definitely be sitting near the bottom of the pile. if you weren't a flames fan you wouldn't spend much time thinking about this franchise - if any. The team is a terrible draw in many NHL cities.
i'll always be a fan - but long ago checked my expectations at the door. The young guns era just about extinguished the fan in me - but that was largely because of high expectations from following the team in the 1980s and early 1990s. Iginla and Kiprusoff were worth the price of admission for many years.
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