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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
We don’t play stupid hockey, we play playoff style hockey. Heck, even Bill Zito acknowledged that his team wasn’t playing a game conducive to playoff success, so he pretty much nuked his President’s Trophy winning coaching staff and traded away their history record breaking winger.
Those are pretty bold moves to make for a team that almost won 60 games. But it worked and they went all the way to the Stanley Cup finals beating some really good teams in the process. Personally, I think the Flames could’ve been the Florida Panthers of the west last year, we played well against the good teams last year, but we just didn’t get good enough performances from the goaltending and game breaking side to get us over the hump.
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Not providing support and options to the puck carrier is playoff hockey? Betcha if you looked at teams that were successful in the playoffs using the same analysis you wouldn't find teams to be playing Calgary Flames' style.
How many rounds have we won in the past ~5 years playing "playoff hockey"?