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Originally Posted by Jay Random
I sometimes wonder just how old the average CP poster is. ‘Making the playoffs consistently’ is a damned hard thing to do now. A lot of people talk about it as if this were still 1990, when 16 out of 21 teams made the dance and you almost had to suck on purpose to miss.
An average team will make the playoffs half the time and miss half the time. The Flames are an average team that has had some bizarrely bad breaks in the postseason. A lot of people here talk as if they were the worst franchise in the entire league. They're not even close.
Who would you rather cheer for: the Flames, who at least make the playoffs half the time, or the Sabres, who are consistent bottom-feeders? The Flames or the Coyotes, who are perpetually bankrupt and make all their deals to cut costs and aren't even trying to win? Or the Leafs, who have been making the playoffs regularly of late, but have overspent so badly on three big stars that they are forced to skimp on everything else, and have actually gone longer without a series win than the Flames have? Or, God help us, the Oilers?
A number of things have gone badly in the last couple of years, not only for the Flames but for the league and the world. It's a frustrating time to be a Flames fan. But why, in the name of sanity, is that a reason to make up more reasons for being angry?
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Flames have fired 8 or 9 Coaches in the last 15 years
Since 2006, they have missed the playoffs 8 times
They have made it past the 1st round once out of 7 attempts
I would bet the above is something the owners would not find acceptable.
As for bizarre bad breaks in the playoffs, sorry but I don't understand what that is referenced towards