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Originally Posted by Itse
While true, I think the more relevant standard is that you should expect your team to make the second round every 4 years, conference finals every 8 years and cup finals every 16 years.
All that is also winning. I would even argue it's the more significant winning, that expected regular stream of smaller successes.
I don't need to recount how far behind we are from those averages.
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OK, let's do the numbers. Over 40 years, the Flames should have made the 2nd round 10 times, and actually did so 8 times. They should have made the 3rd round 5 times, and actually did so 4 times. They should have made the finals 2.5 times, and actually did so 3 times. They should have won the SCFs once, and did exactly that.
So, statistically, the Flames have historically been almost exactly average.