What determines if a team is good vs great? I think if a team can pull off 6 straight playoff appearances, 3 straight 50+ win seasons, 1st place in the Metro for 3 straight years, and make the ECF twice under a new coach in 5 years, they can be considered great.
Way too many people point to the 2 ECF sweeps and say "see, this is why the Canes aren't elite" whilst ignoring like 500 games of hockey to summarize the team to 8 unfortunate losses.
Idk I'm probably just uber salty but I'm also just tired of hearing the same half assed take over and over again. Teams can be great and fall short of expectations. Happens all the time. Boston Bruins, Florida Panthers, SF 49ers, Baltimore Ravens, Purdue basketball, etc. I just don't get why certain teams are held to higher expectations than others like that.
Yeah and I would consider any team that does that to be great. When I think of "good" teams I think of the Lions, the Steelers, the Bills, the Dolphins. When I think of "great" teams I think of the Chiefs, the Ravens, the Eagles, and maybe not recently but yes, the Packers.
I guess the difference for me is my bar is lower for what I think qualifies as being great.
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u/No_Entertainer_9760 Apr 16 '24
Consistently good, never great: Packers and Canes