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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Its a different league but:
03-04 Flames: 12th overall, 6th seed
11-12 Kings: 13th overall, 8th seed
13-14 Kings: 10th overall, 6th seed
So really if the Flames can get one of the Pacific division spots and be around 12th overall snd the 5th or 6 seed in the conference theyd be fine. Ideally youre not the 7 or 8 seed but i dont think they need to be top seed in division either.
Right now based on point percentage they are 7th in the conference and 15th in the league, so wouldnt be that hard to move up with a little run.
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With any other coach it would be a crazy plan. There are frequent Cinderella runs by low ranking teams, but they almost always fail to beat the real top teams in the end. Sutter is the outlier in carrying Cinderella teams to be real cup winners, which he did riding Quick for the Kings and Kipper for the Flames (giving credit for game 6 being a win). Does Marky have it in him to be that guy under Sutter to make that magic happen? He did in round 1, but totally blew it in round 2 and sunk the ship. So, I guess hope for success from the low seed entry is pegged to both faith in Sutter as having some special magic to win in the playoffs and in Markstrom being a world beater through 4 full rounds when the pressure is on.