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Originally Posted by djsFlames
So the goal in the regular season now is to coast through most the season, but do enough to get in and healthy, then give it your all in April.
Canes and Avs both only started elevating their game in the last 6 weeks of the season. Worked out for them pretty well.
Top seeds are a trap, home ice advantage an illusion. All that winning and you just run out of gas.
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I agree for the most part, but I don't think teams were really running out of gas, I see it more as just complacency, almost like they thought they were entitled to win their series without having to work as hard as the lower seeds.