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Originally Posted by 868904
The Lightning also "got their show run" that year in the playoffs. The thing is, they didn't change the way they played completely, they just added a physical element to their team.
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The 4 years before the sweep by the BJs (after a record setting regular season):
Lost Game 7 of ECF against Caps (cup champs)
Missed Playoffs (by 1 pt)
Lost Game 7 of ECF against Pens (cup champs)
Lost Game 6 of SCF against Blackhawks (cup champs)
Ya...they might have had a reason to stay the course.
The Blues won several rounds in the years preceding their cup.
In the 10 seasons before their cup, the Caps missed the playoffs once, but otherwise always made it to Game 7 of round 1 or later.
We are nothing like them.