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Originally Posted by CGY12
Yes because he was so successful previously in the playoffs that we could have expected greatness had he not injured his hand.
I'm not missing anything. The Avs previous failures came after the first round, they didn't implode and show 0 push back when things got hard. If memory serves me correct, the Flames got swept by Anaheim one year, then lost 4 straight after winning game 1 to the Avs, lost 3 straight to Dallas in the bubble, then this year lost 4 straight to the Oilers. The core has a horrible propensity to disappear in adverse moments against quality playoff opponents.
That is not the Avs of the past years. So yes in my view its completely different.
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Dallas this year was a quality opponent. Look up their record with Oettinger.
But the point was not that. It was in response to someone saying that the Avs were obviously a better core because they had gone deep in the POs. What I said was if that is the evidence, it didn’t exist until just this year. It took the Avs core a while. It might take the Flames a while.
And adversity? Last year they went out to a quick 2-0 lead over Vegas and then crumbled pretty easily IMO.
And yes, Tkachuk’s injury was self inflicted, which was the only thing I said about him.