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Originally Posted by ResAlien
Haha yeah man playoff success? What a wildly esoteric metric to use in a league where the goal is playoff success. I prefer to measure it by how much fun everyone is having and in that method I'd hope that we're utterly dominant.
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Well most longtime Flames fans are pretty conditioned to the fact that the playoffs is for other NHL teams and if the Flames do make it, it's usually just for a quick cup of coffee. There are plenty of variables in play such as small market, ownership, management, coaching, players, etc. The lack of success in the playoffs does feel like bit of a curse. The players and coaches change over the decades but it seems Flames teams (save for 2004) just never have the resolve to win even a first round matchup when they have home ice advantage.