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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It's likely there will be several upsets and you can make a good case that the teams with byes will be at a disadvantage playing their first game in months against an opponent fresh off a series. .
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That part is simply not true. The teams with byes will have three games against each other while the play-ins are going on before the 1st round of playoffs start. Intensity will be dialed down in those games for sure in comparison but they're not going in with totally fresh legs in their first game.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
There's nothing about this tournament that relates to a typical NHL season and playoffs as it's more akin to a World Cup of Hockey than NHL playoffs so I think regardless of what team wins they deserve an asterisk next to them.
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They're playing four full rounds of playoffs, but it's like the World cup of hockey? That's a ridiculous statement.