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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Bull. In a capped league, winning the Cup is largely a matter of luck. The best roster in the league won't get you there unless they get hot at the right time, because there is so little separation between the top teams. And if you get hot enough, you don't even need to have one of the top teams to contend in the playoffs.
Is Bergevin suddenly the second-best GM in the league because his losing team rode a tailwind of magic fairy farts all the way to the Finals?
Only fans would be stupid enough to use that as a metric to judge management. Unfortunately, a lot of owners and a lot of media people also think like fans, which is a big part of why sports management in general is such a dysfunctional field.
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If playoff success is a matter of luck, wouldnt the flames have had a high likelihood of bumbling into any winning post seasons? That argument doesn't seem likely, with 1 playoff series win since '04.