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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Series isn't over yet and the Lightning had a really good regular season so hard to justify tearing it down. They are simply a victim of a terrible playoff format as they should have been facing Ottawa instead of the Panthers in the first round and the Panthers should be facing the Hurricanes. Lightning would have easily dispatched Ottawa and awaited the winner of the Panthers vs Hurricanes which would be a grind for whatever team came out. All this format has accomplished is ensuring that at least one of the top teams in each conference is guaranteed to be eliminated in the first round.
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Whoever thought up the "new" playoff format needs to be fired into the sun.