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Originally Posted by Pointman
2004's 6th place was misleading as they only had Kipper for 39 games. This created an illusion that they were a bubble team that went on a sudden run. They were not. They were good enough to make playoffs as 6th seed with Turek/MacLennan playing 43 games. No way 2021 edition makes playoffs with Markstrom out for half a season. 2004's team pro-rated record with Kipper was like 3rd in the West and 5th in the whole league. I remember their regular season record with Kipper being better than Detroit's regular season with Joseph, which is why the win over Red Wings wasn't all that surprising really. Flames were legit contender led by legit superstars.
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IIRC Turek and MacLennan played pretty darn well, though. Probably not too far off Talbot/Rittich level last year...