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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
People underestimate how much luck and timing plays a role into winning a Stanley Cup and going on a run.
Sure some teams are powerhouses...Tampa Bay being the one example.
But honestly other recent champions like Washington, St.Louis, Vegas and to a lesser extend Colorado had a lot go right to be able to win their cups.
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Huge turnover from their last appearance in the finals (or even conference finals) with 6/10 of their top producers aged 30+ and their third-string goalie putting on the best goaltending performance in the entire playoffs.
But apparently, they're the model of a contender and the Flames couldn't possibly be close.
Hockey fans are obsessed with re-writing history to act like every winner and every star was one in the making and everybody knew it. Guys like O'Reilly weren't good enough to win it all, and then he did, and then he always was. Teams like Vegas get all the luck in the world (and go however many million over the cap) and they're suddenly the model contender, just like Tampa, just like Colorado, etc.
That's why it's never a bad thing to wait and see and, if the team is close, going for it.