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Originally Posted by GioforPM
That’s not what I said. I said there’s a total of 3 PO wins difference between Ward and Hartley, and Hartley had 3 more years than Ward. . It’s just possible that Hartley’s win against a somewhat depleted Vancouver (which was the very best possible draw) is overrated, especially given how easily Anaheim dealt with Calgary. Ward was within 30 seconds of going up 3-0 against the cup finalist Dallas, and but for a goalie collapse would have had a series win IMO. I also think the play-in was pretty darn close to counting as a PO win. It would have back when I started watching hockey and they had a best of 5 first round.
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I agree with most of this, though I don't think the series win against WPG is any more impressive than VAN.
If we have to parse this team's very limited success, IMO it's as follows:
1a. Beating terrible VAN 4-2 (VAN's last PO appearance with that group)
1b. Beating injured WPG 3-1
2. Losing to DAL in 6; Tkachuk injured
3. COL/ANA/ANA - all just pretty not great.