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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Sharks had the misfortune to be good when the Pens, Hawks and Kings were better. Especially in goal. They had Nabolov on the way up and Niemi after. But Kings had Quick, Pens had MAF and a surprising year from Murray and the Hawks caught Niemi's and Crawford's best years.
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That is exactly the key reason....you position your roster as a "win the first two rounds and be a semifinalist" quality team and hope you get hot goaltending to go the rest of the way. Sharks never really had that last part.