For both fan bases, if their team loses, will the response will be:
A) Blame the officiating
B) Blame some other factor, injury, hot goaltender, game start time, NHL conspiracy, etc.
C) Accept the other team is better or at least is a better playoff performer this year
My guess is that for both sides, it would be 80% A, 19% B, and 1% C. Oh, and I am sure some people will put out some advanced stats to show that their team was better, despite losing.
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