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Originally Posted by zamler
Jackets have never won more than 2 playoff games in a series. Pens were hobbled with injuries and had played the most hockey of any team ever.
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The Blue Jackets never getting past 2 wins in the playoffs has nothing to do with this years Blue Jackets. Just as the Capitals not making it past the second round is more of a media story than it is anything else.
The Caps although relatively healthy had to deal with some injuries of their own not to mention what I suspect will be a long list of played through injuries. I don't see how Smith Pelley isn't banged up after the slapshot to the neck of Kuznetsovs arm isn't banged up after that hit. Backstrom also missed 4 games and even once he came back it was talked about how he couldn't shoot.
The Caps had an incredibly challenging road to the finals as did Vegas.