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Originally Posted by DomeFoam
Kings >>> Rangers. The Capitals are the ones that seriously dropped the ball, again. Blues > Lightning. Sharks in my opinion have had a far tougher road and truly earned it. I think that will show in this series.
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Rangers were in the cup finals and conference finals the past 2 years. The Lightning were in the cup finals just last year. The Capitals are the runaway President's Trophy winner as the top team this season. That sounds like one hell of a road to the finals to me.
Kings and Rangers both got ousted for free in 5 games. Is it worth arguing that the Sharks' 5 game series was harder? Why?
I don't think you can argue that Nashville is a better team than Washington. Why does the fact that the Caps "dropped the ball" make it any easier on the Pens? Both teams played a 6 game series and the Pens beat the better team.
I agree that Blues > Lightning, but it's close. Both series went to 7 games. Again, not sure why it's worth arguing that the series which had a blowout in game 7 was more taxing on the Sharks.
Both teams have played the same number of games. Neither team had it easy, but if you think it was "far tougher" for the Sharks then I think it just comes down to a Western Conference bias more so than logic and reason.