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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
How dare I predict that our team may not make it past the first round? Every time the odds are in our favor, we tend to be the ones that mess it up. When they aren't in our favor, we actually play better. I even said in my description, "please let me be wrong."
See the 2015 series against the Canucks, we weren't supposed to win.
See the 2019 series against the Avs, we were supposed to win.
How dare I.
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Playing in front of empty buildings could make a big difference for this group of players this time around. One of the things that has me fairly bullish about the Flames's prospects this year is how much better they seem to perform on the road, and in situations where the arena crowd is not a factor. The Avalanche seemed to feed on the building energy in the playoffs last year, in both the Saddledome and the Pepsi Center, and the Flames wilted under the other end of that same pressure. It's something they don't need to contend with this year.