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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Fans and even NHL management overreact to playoff success / failures IMO. (Flames management overreacted to playoff losses in both 2009, and 2019 IMO)
The best way to win the cup is to be a consistently good (100+ point) regular season team.
Because come playoff time luck, timing, and goaltending play a huge role in determining the outcome.
Look at Florida and Calgary.
Florida: 92 points
Calgary: 93 points
Last 20 Games:
Florida: 12-6-2 (26 points)
Flames: 11-5-4 (26 points)
But Florida gets in the playoffs because of the conference they were in and the Flames don't.
Flames are in turmoil, and the Panthers are the hottest team in the league right now because of circumstance. Boston was in a bit of injury issue as Krejci and Bergeron were not close to 100% and it burned them. Now they are taking it to a Leafs team who was honestly lucky to get past Tampa (3 OT wins), and who wasn't a great match up for the speed and grit that Florida's forwards bring.
Timing, Luck, Goaltending.
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So much good in this post.
But, especially the bolded part.
The Flames could easily bounce back to being a 100+ point team again next year. So much went wrong this year it's ridiculous, and their margin for losing was razor thin all while being backed by some of the worst goaltending in the league.