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Originally Posted by GFG#1
I get it to some extent and internally you can say playoff rounds won count, but IMO there are really 2 goals.
1 get into the playoffs
2 Win the cup
As a fan I could care less if they won 7 rounds, they haven't won the cup.
internally for the organization you can look at them as steps, but in another 10 years if the team has won 20-30 playoff rounds and no cups, are they or have they really been great?
You can add a bunch of small goals to the list, like win the division, win the presidents trophy, win the Jennings award, win a round, win two rounds win the conference finals etc. But at the end of the day if you don't win the cup, none of those things really matter. Don't get me wrong a run is great as a fan. I just don't think it makes a team great unless they win a cup or multiple cups.
Anything can happen if you get in, so just get in.
after that anything short of winning the cup is a disappointment.
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These teams make generations of new fans every time they advance a round in the playoffs.
As a fan of a team, it’s more fun when they lose in round 2 or 3 rather than losing in round 1.
And yeah, winning 20 or 30 playoff rounds in the span of ten years would make you a great organization, regardless of cups.
That’s sustained success, on the backs of likely the same core of players, with a strong culture… you dream about that kind of stability.
That’s what Boston does.