![]() I have been prompted to do this entire article because I want to personally know, on a level playing field, how the Flames truly measure up over just the last 10 seasons – excluding those elite years in the 80s. I have this foundation of belief at my core that the Flames are a solid team in the NHL and always have been, despite the ups and downs. I grew up as a little kid sitting close to the glass watching a great Flames team face the greatest hockey team of all time – the dynasty Oilers. I may be guilty of having the homer glasses on for the Flames. (4) Do the Flames suck? (no team really sucks – but who has really had relative success over the last 10 years? That is the question)Ī: As a recent addition to the M&G crew one of the things that surprised me was the sharp words M&G posters often have for the Flames – not that they are not often well-deserved and well argued but how do the Flames really rank today relative to other teams? What is the fair comment relatively speaking? Am I guilty of this same "glory days" mentality myself? Leading to the next question. The Toronto Maple Leafs always raise their original six era Stanley Cups in defense of the glory of their franchise and this tendency is also what lead me to do this article as a Flames writer in the first place. (3) Hey, I’m a fan and you cut off all our glory years making the playoffs and going to the Cup final in we would rank higher if you included this.Ī: True, but this is the issue you always face when ranking franchises relative to each other over years. For now it gives a strong indication for most teams where they rank relatively speaking. Only two teams will be adjusted relative to all other teams after the Cup Final and I’ll update the article at that time. ![]() ![]() (2) How can you publish this article now? The Cup winner isn’t known yet. I will quietly sneak this article into our Statistics classification and hope no one notices that it is really not a complicated statistical calculation.įirst a little Q & A on the methodology and why I am doing the article in the first place as a Flames writer, all that after the jump, along with the ranking.Ī: 10 years ago for the 2000-01 season the NHL added the 29 th and 30 th franchises (the Wild and Blue Jackets) – this means all franchises have the exact same window of time to be evaluated on, without getting into any pro-ration or other calculations. The points are added up over the last 10 seasons and all 30 NHL teams are ranked based on their last 10 seasons of performance relative to each other. A grand total of 100 points is awarded to a Cup winning team in a particular season. This article is a ranking of all NHL teams relative to each other over the last 10 years. ![]()
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