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Originally Posted by Bingo
Pushing back on that dread with actual facts isn't name calling or protecting a safe space or any of the garbage produced above.
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Originally Posted by Bingo
Do you want every post to come off as pissy?
We are all well aware of Flames history, but that doesn't change my definition of contending.
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I’m just making sure I understand the “actual facts” before vocalizing an opinion.
Let’s actually do a dive into division winners vs playoff success:
2015-16 - 2 divisional winners knocked out in first round, 2 knocked out in the 2nd
2016-17 - 2 divisional winners knocked out in first round, 2 knocked out in the 2nd
2017-18 - 1 divisional winner wins the cup, another loses SCF, 1 knocked out in 2nd and 3rd round
2018-19 - All 4 divisional winners knocked out first round(!)
2019-20 - Disregarded due to shortened season and unequal games played.
2020-21 - 3 divisional winners knocked out in the first round, one knocked out in the 2nd round. This was with the divisional realignment where all of Canada was one division.
2021-22 - 1 cup winner, 3 out in the 2nd round.
2022-23 - 1 cup winner, 1 out in 2nd round, 2 out in first round
2023-24 - 1 cup winner, 2 out in the 3rd round, one out in the 2nd
2024-25 - all 4 divisions winners out in 2nd round
So in a 10 (9) year period out of 36 divisional winners you have:
3 cups
One SCF loser
3 made it to the 3rd round
Not a great correlation. There were 18 non-unique teams in the cup final and only 4 of which were divisional winners. The 3rd round had 36 non-unique teams featuring 7 divisional winners. This doesn’t really support your assertion that divisional winners translate into more success, if anything it shows that they don’t perform significantly different than any playoff team.