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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
I see the smattering of chatter about the 89 Flames and expectations. There was a conversation a year or so back about that team possibly being the deepest in the history of the modern game. It was almost laughably stacked.
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Yep. The Flames 4th line (iirc, Hrdina-Fleury-M. Hunter) would have been the 2nd line on a lot of teams.
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
The regular season success, though not a shock, certainly exceeded expectations. The playoff success wildly surpassed expectations.
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After the regular season the Flames and Habs had, nobody at all was surprised when they met in the SCF. I remember in our playoff draft that year every single skater for both teams - Rick Nattress, Rick Green,
everybody - was drafted.