[Tsawwassen]

Originally Posted by troutman

And the Flames did the Habs a giant favor. I don't see any way they would have beat that Oilers team.

Originally Posted by Tsawwassen

Another 86 to 89 compare/contrast is that the Habs did the Flames a big favour by beating a rough and tough Flyers team.

Originally Posted by looooob

except they didn't. The Habs didn't have to knock off a single team ahead of them in the standings until the Flames- the Rangers did most of the dirty work including the Flyers, and the Whale took out the Nords

My mistake for not being clear about what I posted. Troutman posted that the 86 Flames did the Habs a big favour by beating the Oilers. My response about comparing/contrasting was the 89 Habs doing the favour by beating the Flyers. The Flyers were the underdog in that playoff year and gave the Habs everything they had.