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Originally Posted by crapshoot
I was just thinking that for all the talk that has been about this year being an "easy" year to make it to the finals through the Western Conference, a road consisting of Colorado, San Jose and then St. Louis in the Conference finals does not feel any easier than any other year really. These are good teams, and both San Jose and St. Louis seem to be on a mission. To beat any of them, the Flames would have to be on a mission too, which we certainly weren't these playoffs.
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In the NHL now there are now easy paths. Every team that makes the playoffs is a good one. By records the Avs were the worst team, but by talent level they were still dangerous.
But when you look across both conferences, there are simply no easy outs.
Doesn't excuse what was a poor effort in the first round, without question.