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Originally Posted by dino7c
some people on here will just never give the Flames credit...3 players and a coach finished top 2 for major awards. 3 NHL team all stars of 10 league wide.
Yeah they had a tough round two, so did a lot of teams
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Great regular season, no doubt. Credit is given to players who show they can elevate in the playoffs. If we are being honest with ourselves, the Flames have struggled mightily against quality playoff opponents for the last 5 years? Anaheim, Colorado, Dallas (bubble), Edmonton, losing 3 or 4 straight games in each of those series. I would gladly trade less regular season statistics (assuming they still make the playoffs) for better post season performance.
The argument of a lot of teams did is such a general statement and doesn't dig deep into what issues each team have to get to the next level. Now I think Markstrom will rebound, we have some quality elements on D and upfront the core has some solid peaces, but we also have some big issues. I personally don't think we can continue this strategy of substituting support players and hoping the core figures it out, when the core struggles the very same way year after year, we are spinning our tires.
Unfortunately I think Johnny is gone even though I think he is part of the solution. If that happens I honestly hope BT figures out a way to sign and trade, otherwise this is a massive fail on his part.