Holy fact-checker alert. I don't think any of your statements are true.
It's easy to say you're "not surprised" and make up a narrative after you've seen the results. It should absolutely be surprising when the #1 overall team is down to a middling 8th seed.
What does regular season adversity have anything to do with playoff wins?
Quenville didn't 'leave' -- he was canned.
What does coasting even mean? They won something crazy like 15 in a row after the trade deadline, while piling on goals -- hardly coasting.
Lol at saying Washington was battling in the wildcard -- halfway through the season, the top 8 in the East had separated from the bottom 8.
Teams with playoff experience get bounced all the time; teams with no playoff experience make runs all the time.
Florida was hardly 'schooled' last year by Tampa. A couple close losses, but as we all know that Tampa team was thicc.
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