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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Let's say the 2021-22 Flames are the second coming of the 2017-18 Golden Knights
What does that mean?
The Golden Knights got absolutely stomped when they ran into the Capitals, who not only had a generational winger in Ovechkin (Let's be generous and say Gaudreau+Mangiapane = Ovie), but a 200-foot 1C in backstrom and an explosive playmaking 1C in Kuznetsov.
The Flames can make the playoffs and even win a round or two.
But when they run into a well-oiled machine, maybe an Avs team that has both MacKinnon and Kadri actually in the lineup to go with Makar, Rantanen, Landeskog, Byram, Compher, Nichushkin, Burkovsky... then I'm just not expecting much, outside of the awesome, but unlikely scenario where Markstrom steals a whole series the way 2010 Halak did.
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Lots of good teams get stomped doesn’t mean it wasn’t a good team. Did anyone really expect Arizona to knock out McMuffin yet it happened?
I get your pessimism but the chances with drafting as it is to produce that line up is remote. What if Washington wasn’t really that much superior but just had Vegas number?
Toronto has elite talent can’t get anywhere. The chances of implosion like Toronto are just as high as they are for building a contender and you have no idea what you have for years. Remember it’s not a matter of when they win the cup but how many. That’s the kind of over evaluation I’m talking about and literally dozens of things have to go right to win a cup. Does elite talent give you a guarantee? Not from what I’ve seen and I think you downplay our talent on top.
No one is a cup winner until they are.