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Originally Posted by looooob

Roy was incroyable but still usually those elite squads (just in my gut feeling nothing else- obviously impossible to prove) typically have one upset in them- if the Oilers had made it on , I think they take the outmatched Habs


what bothered me more was living in Montreal in the later 80s reading the Habs writers (I'm looking at you Red Fisher- RIP) would look back at that series and say that the Flames were flukes to even be in the finals, totally over matched by the Habs who were the rightful Wales conference powerhouse- given that the Flames finished admittedly right ahead of them in the regular season, and were decimated by injuries in the finals I always found that to be a bit of a stretch

I agree with you on all your points except the bold part. I could be misunderstanding you, but, the 86 Habs weren't a conference powerhouse. Looking back at the standings and playoffs, it wasn't until 88 that the Habs were a strong team in the eastern conf.