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Originally Posted by Bingo
I think it's a massive logic flaw to always use straight points or standings as the definitive answer to every question when so much more goes into how hockey teams operate and succeed than simple points in the standings.
Most in the hockey world thought the Knights did a terrible job in the expansion draft and were tanking.
That isn't a deep lineup to any of those hockey executives. They gelled, they got great goaltending, and they got a lot of bounces.
To simply look at the standings and say see they have to be deeper is the most flawed logic I can find.
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109 pts in an NHL season does in fact say something about the strength of a line up. That is a major reason that Flames fans are excited about getting a significant player from that line-up.