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Originally Posted by Igottago
They also get a guy who never truly built a contender (unless you count Florida).
Still amazes me how many people here mythologize Treliving's tenure while in reality the team didn't achieve all that much. He might have walked away, but he very well could have been fired by this point.
I'm pumped for the Conroy era. Onward and upward.
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I'm about to feel really gross saying this but
The 2017 Flames were more of a contender than the 2017 Predators. Goaltending and coaching were the difference. Rinne was drafted by Nashville. Gulutzan was a bad hire, and got outcoached by Randy Carlyle, who got clowned by Peter Laviolette. Either way, that team was a lot better than its outcome. John Gibson largely stole that first round series despite everything else.
The 2019 Flames were as much of a contender as teams 2019 Blues. While the Avs series left a bad taste, let's not forget that teams peak at different times. That Flames team peaked early and was the #1 seed in the west, while that blues team peaked at just the right time, winning the Cup despite being DFL in the NHL in January
The 2022 Flames were a contender, too. There wasn't one area they didn't look like one, until a Tanev injury at the worst time cascaded with a Coleman no-goal that was absolutely a goal cascaded with Markstrom going from strength to liability