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Originally Posted by Saqe
Re: Regular season success vs playoff success
There can be made a case for regular season success, like the two years recently the Flames have had, being valid data point of "success". Arguably regular season success SHOULD be celebrated more, it is such a long and tough grind for months. I don't have a problem with fans who want to make the argument that it's enough for a successful season to have success in the regular season, even if the playoffs are a flop.
Personally I could not care less about the regular season. Case and point, I would take the long playoff run the Panthers had last year over the Presidents trophy they won two years ago any day of the week. It's not even close really.
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I don't even care much about standings any more outside of being above the playoff cutoff.
Home ice seems like less of advantage than it ever has been (could be wrong though)
I'd say a slight preference for a divisional spot over the wildcard but given how anything can and does happen, and momentum going in matters more than being good all year (see: Boston/Florida), my position on it is just get in.