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Originally Posted by The Cobra
In 2003-2004, they didn't really catch lightening in a bottle.
The only series they played against someone with a superior record was the final series they lost.
In every other series, they played a team with a worse regular season record.
Now, you might claim that they were fortunate in catching teams that may have upset some better teams, but the Flames that year were much better in the 2nf half than the first (after Kipper started playing for them). it really wasn't a shock that team went quite far in the playoffs.
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Calgary 42-30-7 94 points 6th in the west last 10 regular season 6-4 12 points
Round one Vancouver 43-24-10-5 101 points 3rd in the west 6-2-1-1 14 points
Round two Detroit 48-21-11-2 109 first in the West 6-3-1 13 points
Round three San Jose 43-21-12-6 104 points 2nd in the west 8-2 16 points
