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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
So have we.
Why so fearful? The Avs are still not a fundamentally great team, and their elevated play of late is because they are fighting tooth and nail to get in the playoffs despite a very mediocre season. How mediocre? They only have a couple more points that the Arizona Coyotes and Florida Panthers. That doesn't scream "scary" to me.
Even if they're playing well right now, we've been playing at maybe 85% capacity in the last few weeks and have just as good a record in that time frame. Also, we're relatively rested, and the Avs are probably exhausted after playing so hard to win a playoff berth. We see this every year, and rarely does that team that just squeaked in figure it out all of a sudden in the playoffs.
Out of all the playoff opponents this spring, the Avs are probably the easiest mark for a series victory. No series is a cake walk, but I very much like the Flames chances against them.
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I hear you. It's the ridiculously hot goaltending that makes me a bit nervous. we are a way better team for sure. And, Grubauer shat the bed last year in Wash, so he could do that again.
Also, pretty safe to just make the Flames vs. Avalanche Round 1 thread. It is 95% after yesterday.