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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
The East could have some great rivalry matches, especially in the 2nd round. Hopefully the wildcards remain in their own divisions.
FLA vs. TBL ideally
PIT vs. WAS in the MET, but really any permutation of those 4 will be fun.
I feel like the West is unlikely to have many strong rivalries...
VGK swept LAK 4 years ago. LAK and EDM haven't met since 1992. VGK/EDM never.
CGY/NAS never. CGY/DAL just once 2 years ago. CGY/COL just once 3 years ago. CGY/MIN or STL never.
COL/NAS once 4 years ago. COL/DAL went to 7 two years ago, and had two 7 game Conf. Finals in the Sakic/Modano days...COL/MIN a few times; most recently 2014. COL swept STL last year, otherwise once in 2001. COL/VGK would be a rematch of last year's 6 game series, but of course VGK isn't making the conf. finals this year.
MIN/STL have only played twice in 2015 and 2017.
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Flames lost in the semis to MN in their first season in Calgary. Albeit a different franchise and many moons back.
Flames beat the Blues on their way to the SC......again a long time ago.