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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I would. They were considered among the top favourites to win it all, each of the last 2 years, and got trounced twice, looking weak and meek, both times.
Carolina has been similar - great in the regular season, great in the early rounds, but when the big boys get serious, they're getting trounced.
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It's hard to win a Stanley cup or even advance to the CF. Plenty of great regular season teams have not had a lot of Stanley Cup success. Look at all the great Blues teams decades back that never got to even a cup final. Capitals looked like they would never get over the hump. Those talented Sharks teams that could never win a cup. Building a really good team is only half the battle as the other half is winning in the playoffs which at times involves some luck and good fortune like say the Oilers having a first round bye four seasons in a row facing a mediocre Kings team.