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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
The bolded is a pretty funny way of saying they spent 9 years unable to get out of the second round before they won’t the cup, which included a 1st round exit and a complete miss right in the middle of that stretch.
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Three 1st rd exits actually. Though I didn't even mention 3 President's Trophies. The point is that not all futility is equal.
Let's rank CGY's last 8 seasons vs. WAS 8 seasons pre-cup. You could quibble about a few of the rankings depending on how you weigh reg season vs. PO's, but I think they fall nicely into three groupings (# = Pres Trophy):
WAS 118# / R2 PIT in 7
WAS 120# / R2 PIT in 6
WAS 101 / R2 NYR in 7
WAS 92 / R2 NYR in 7
CGY 111 / R2 EDM in 5 (after beating DAL in 7)
WAS 121# / MTL in 7
WAS 107 / R2 TBL sweep (after beating NYR in 5)
CGY 97 / R2 ANA in 5 (after beating VAN in 7)
WAS 57 in 48 (97.4 pace) / NYR in 7
CGY 107 / COL in 5
CGY 0.564 (92.5 pace) / DAL in 6 (+ Jets series)
CGY 94 / ANA sweep
WAS 90
CGY 84
CGY 55 in 56
CGY 77
CGY has 1 season remotely close to WAS's best 5-6 seasons. WAS worst is still better than CGY's worst 3. CGY's high watermark was basically WAS's median.
WAS median years were Pres Trophy / R1G7 and 92 / R2G7.
CGY median years were 94ish pt seasons and losing in 4-6 games.
FWIW the WAS seasons I excluded from '08 and '09 would rank:
WAS 108 / R2 PIT in 7 (IMO better than Flames best year)
WAS 94 / PHI in 7 (somewhere between losing to COL and beating VAN years)