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Originally Posted by bax
I'm not sure how you can look at that roster and think that 107 points is underachieving. What did you expect? 120 points and a Stanley Cup?
In hindsight the Avs were a terrible match up. Up and coming team that played playoff hockey for 2 months just to get in. That second half they made the transition from a good team to a cup contending team as evidenced from the past season. Getting the Avs in the playoffs was not a great prize from finishing first in the west.
You can't write off a 107 point season because of a "hot start". That hot start was over 60% of the season. They finished with the second best record in the entire league. That is an over achievement given the roster we had. Even after the All Star break the Flames still went 17-12-2. Not elite, but above average. All teams go through highs and lows.
The Flames had a pedestrian start to the 19-20 season, but I don't think Peter's job was ever in danger.
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Granteed and I basically never agree but it makes me chuckle every time I read about how the avs were not a typical 8th seed.
YOU HAVE TO BEAT GOOD TEAMS TO WIN IN THE PLAYOFFS!
it is not in any way a mitigation to get bounced in round 1 as the western conference champs by a team that got bounced the following round.
It is such a flames fan mentality to excuse that absolutely putrid loss by explaining it away to the Avs being good.
The flames got all-world goaltending two freaking years in a row now, the type of goaltending you sign a deal with the devil to get, and couldn't make any hay out of it.
The team is really bad. No coach was going to save it, and that's as much or more on the GM than any coaching hire deficiencies that might be at play.