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Originally Posted by looooob
I remember discovering a quirky fact (and posting it on CP at the time) that gave me some weird hope (even though I didn't really believe it myself)
essentially I determined that at least in the post expansion era every team with (I think I have this right) the NHL goal scoring leader and the top goalie (I can't remember if that was defined by GAA or something else) made it to at least the semi-finals. Well the Flames had that combination (and boy did they ever as the playoffs unfolded) and I guess my thought process was all world goalie and an elite finisher can take you along way
I also somehow decided (again as you point out this was pre salary cap and a lot of the top dogs in the West were still running like 2 hall of fame centers on their top 2 lines) was that in Conroy and Yelle we had 2 guys that could stand up to elite centers defensively (again I didn't really actually believe it but I said it)
glad it worked out!
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Yeah, especially because we had seen it. Most of the years that the Flames missed the playoffs prior to 2004 the Canucks or Oilers got in, and they could maybe win a round but always run into either peak Dallas, Colorado or Detroit.
So the Flames would face the same outcome once they played Detroit.