It’s often been said that previous playoff experience is really valuable when heading into the chaos machine that are the Stanley Cup playoffs. But players can’t get experience through any other means than surviving the post-season experience. For teams, though, the opportunity exists to supplement an existing team’s experience by bringing in veteran players who’ve been through the battles.
Looking at the playoff experience on the current Calgary Flames roster, that seems to be what Brad Treliving and his hockey ops team have done.
Stanley Cup playoff experience, at a glance
A note: We only count a player having experienced a series won or lost if they played in more than half of the games in that series.