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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Doesn't matter, you have to beat em all.
Also, very dangerous game to choose your opponent - be careful what you wish for.
Take who you get, and prepare accordingly.
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I don’t believe this is a thread dedicated to downplaying any opponent. Whomever Calgary faces will be a top seed and the favorite. No matchup is going to be easy.
The idea here, at least as I interpret, is to garner fan feedback on who Calgary may have the best chance against based exclusively on analysis. While you noted it doesn’t matter because you have to face them all, that isn’t true.
Whoever faces Montreal won’t have to face Pittsburgh (or however the ranking head to head now plays out). Montreal shut down Pittsburgh and deserved to move on, but perhaps the Habs found a winning formula as extreme underdogs that will not be replicated against a different team/roster/system next round. Or perhaps Pitts just couldn’t get their game back in time wherein would they have beat Mtl even unceremoniously could have started to round back into form with a play in series under their belt. Whatever the reason, I am sure teams from the East are much happier to see Pitts being knocked out over Montreal because in fact they now have 1 less more elite team to contend with.
Beyond that, some teams just match up well against others while some don’t. It would not hurt my feelings to see Colorado get ousted as I feel they’re a particularly difficult head to head against Calgary. Should Calgary go deep into the playoffs and have other teams do them favors along the way by knocking off some would be tough head to heads for Caalgary, it’s not anyone downplaying other opponents placed in front of the Flames, it’s recognizing a lucky break that is 100% beyond your own control.