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Originally Posted by Keselke

Obviously the writing has an intentional tone to it, pretty funny the people harpooning it for not being serious journalism

I see a number of people harpooning the article for being an unfunny and uninformed piece that is intended as comedy. It misses the mark on several points, and none of them for "not being serious journalism."

"Teams You’ll Probably Only Have To Bother With For, Like, Five Playoff Games:"

Seems pretty spot on, given our ridiculous first round record.

There are four categories of teams in this lampoon:

· Teams you might be watching until June: TB, Toronto, Washington, Winnipeg, SJ, Boston, Pittsburgh and Vegas
· Teams you'll probably only have to bother with for, like, five playoff games: LA, Columbus, Minnesota, Colorado, Dallas, NJ
· The lunatic fringe; or, some oddball teams into which it might be worth investing some time: Anaheim, Philadelphia, Edmonton, Florida, StL, Vancouver
· Boring trash: NYR, Chicago, Calgary, Arizona, Detroit, Montreal, Ottawa, NYI

She did not group the Flames in "Teams you'll probably only have to bother with for, like, five playoff games." She grouped them with "Boring trash." Look at the teams in those groupings and tell me honestly if you think that is where the Flames best fit.