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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
How about this:
Bob Hartley coached this team (a rebuilding team nonetheless) into the SECOND ROUND of the playoffs. That was only the SECOND TIME in the last 25 years for the Calgary Flames to reach the second round. Those 25 years encompassed TWELVE coaches (including 3 interim coaches).
Are we good here?
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Did he coach the team into the 2nd round or did a team he coached happen to make it into the second round? A lot went right in that first round - Hiller was unreal in 4/5 games before the final game where he got yanked. Ferland pulled a Ferland, which he still does. Scoring from the likes of Bollig, Jones and Russell - it took the Monahan line until the third period of game 3 to get a point, and that was on the PP.
And looking back, Vancouver had a terrible team. The Sedins were pretty done even then and Horvat was a rookie. Calgary was extremely lucky, opponent-wise. I think the could have only beaten the Jets, aside from the Canucks, that year.
GG gets into the second round last year with (a) better goaltending against the Ducks who I think they outplayed, or (b) by playing the Sharks, Wild or Hawks.