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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Winnipeg is a pretty good team, just ran into what most people consider the SC favourites.
The Flames are not an app comparison.
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Flames and Jets are 100% comparable. Sure maybe not this version of the Flames that has sold and is retooling, but overall over the last 5-6 years they are very comparable.
The Jets and Flames were very similar from 18-19 to 22-23. Flames have deviated from that path (mostly forced since guys left) and the Jets guys re-signed so they've stayed on that path.
Neither team had great top end elite talent , both teams were very inconsistent and generally alternated good season and bad, and neither had any meaningful playoff success.
Even with the Flames bad season this year, the overall results the last 6 seasons are very similar.
18-19 to 23-24 Regular Season:
Flames: .579 (526 points)
Jets: .589 (536 points)
18-19 to 23-24 Playoffs:
Flames: .407 (11 wins in 27 GP)
Jets: .321 (9 wins in 28 GP)
It will be interesting to see how things go moving forward. The Jets committed to Scheifele, Hellebuyck long term...where the Flames were forced to move on from their similar aged guys.
This Jets team this year was no more a contender than the Flames were in 18-19 or 21-22.
Jets playoff performance has been quite poor...since they swept the Oilers in 20-21 they have 2 wins in their last 14 playoff games.