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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
absolutely, there were stretches where Calgary looked great and then streaks were calgary looked awful.
the fact remains that Calgary was in the playoff until Smith got injured and they really played poorly after that injury... but that lends itself to the characterization by many in the media that Calgary was a 'fragile' teams. 22 occasions during the year, Calgary allow two goals in two minutes....almost like they had lost confidence and were on their heels...Fragile was fitting imo...
my comment was directed to those that uniformly started calgary was awful during the regular season, which is not the case at all... if smith wasn't injured, there was every reason to believe that they would have remained in the race until the bitter end.
so inconsistent? Absolutely. "Awful"? No.
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Just a remark on goaltending in the regular season.
When Fleury was hurt, Vegas won no matter what goaltender was in net. That is what good teams should be able to do.
If the Flames couldn’t win without Smith, they had other problems.