K1984
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- Feb 7, 2008
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Canucks scream 2022 Flames to me.
Same thing happened with them. Ran through the season without much of a problem on the back of outlier career years from basically everyone, beat contending teams (I want to say they might have even been 3-0 against the Avalanche that year), and were starting to schedule their team jet for travel in June.
Looking back in time, the "oh wow they came out of nowhere and now they're the best team in the league" teams almost (maybe even every time) never go anywhere. The teams that have an established presence as an elite team are the ones that always win it in the end.
Same thing happened with them. Ran through the season without much of a problem on the back of outlier career years from basically everyone, beat contending teams (I want to say they might have even been 3-0 against the Avalanche that year), and were starting to schedule their team jet for travel in June.
Looking back in time, the "oh wow they came out of nowhere and now they're the best team in the league" teams almost (maybe even every time) never go anywhere. The teams that have an established presence as an elite team are the ones that always win it in the end.