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Originally Posted by traptor
Its not hindsight if you were thinking it before the outcome unfolded...
And many, including the media talking heads, were predicting a drop from Hubrrdeau. Many thought it was a wildcard team with no young elite talent. Manu though going alll in on hubrdeau, kadri and weegar before they had played a game here was extremely risky and could blow up in our faces.
These opinions were all had before the current outcomes had unfolded.
Just because so many if you were wrong doesn't mean this outcome was unpredictable and this is just hindsight being 20/20.
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Media predicting a drop off from a 115 point season is a pretty low bar to trot out as a got yah.
For the most part the media was on the Flames hype train though and it was the most hyped they have been in a long time.
https://www.nhl.com/news/stanley-cup...ason-336050052
Contrarian opinions always exist but the prevalent opinion was that the Flames would be fighting for the division/conference and not a wildcard team. If 'many' people were saying the Flames were a wild card team even more were saying they were not.