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Originally Posted by Macho0978
A lot of that parity is coming out east. The top 4 teams in the East get the priviledge of these favourable match ups?
Tampa Lightning?
Pittsburgh Penguins?
Washington Capitals?
Boston Bruins?
These 4 teams would be top 4 teams out West.
The Stars aren't a bad team but we have a more favourable match up than most. Oilers and Avs do as well and the Avs are up 2 to 0 and the Oilers similar to the Flames are probably the lowest ranked teams to finish in the top 2 in their division.
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I think your point is partially correct- likely the 3 lowest seeds in the W are the 3 'weakest' teams in the playoffs, but I'm not convinced that Washington (or Pittsburgh, Boston) would be 'top 4' for sure in the West. West top 4 (Col, Cgy, Stl, Min) had good regular reasons. they'd all be top 6 teams though I think