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Originally Posted by stemit14
I always think back to that season as well. They were a couple points back of Detroit for 1st in the west about 2/3 through the season. They were a dominant looking team. Then, in the span of 2 weeks, they lost all the depth on team to injury - Bourque, bertuzzi, langkow, gio and I think glencross were all gone in that span. Some came back right before playoffs but they never got back to form and the flames dropped in the standings without the team depth. Has little momentum going into the playoffs. Lost to Chicago. But even in that series, they were an unlucky rim around the glass from being up 2-0 in the series.
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Sarich playing on I think two broken feet, Phaneuf rushing back with broken/cracked ribs? I think Langkow came back with a busted hand in the playoffs too?
It was wild. That was pure bad luck. I also think the response to that season breaking down was way off base. They should have done their best to run that team back (including Keenan...Brent was a disaster). Even with Darryl getting all hot and bothered by Jbo, why not still do that and then trade Dion in the Summer with a bidding war?
The complete "no, we need a shutdown coach and a shutdown team with zero offense" was just Darryl losing it.