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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Saying "let's make the playoffs and see what happens" is not mutually exclusive to the idea of "building a legit contender". All teams strive for both, and some are more successful than others. Just because there are those against burning it to the ground, doesn't mean they are settling on a low(ish) bar of making the playoffs.
The goal is to win the cup. The path is to make the playoffs first.
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Yeah but this is the Flames we are talking about. Making the playoffs has always been THE goal of the organization since 2004. The organization has always treated winning the cup in the sense of anything can happen if you get in. No recent Stanley Cup winner has had that mentality. They are building their teams to win the cup and making the playoffs is expected. The reality is that anything can happen means you could get hot at the right time, win a round, or two, or even three, but that's it because teams like the Habs rarely ever win the cup as they end up losing to a team that built and planned on winning the Cup.