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Originally Posted by FanIn80
2004 was exciting solely because of The Run. If you were to step back from that and re-watch the hockey that was played at that time, exciting isn't the way I'd describe it.
It was closer to full-contact-towing-people-through-mud than it was hockey.
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It was more then that. It ended a 7 year playoff drought. I'll never forget the standing ovation the team got when they clinched on home ice vs the Coyotes. Iggy was a Hart nominee and Rocket winner. Kipper was acquired and set a modern day GAA record, was a vezina nominee and 4th in Hart voting. Sutter with the deadline acquisitions that put us over the top. Regehr finally breaking out. But more then anything, the team finally had an identity and played as a team.
I don't know how anyone can say that hockey that season was unwatchable. It was damn near the most watchable hockey ever!!