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Originally Posted by AC
All 4 lower seeds in the West won their matchups.
That's crazy.
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And the bottom seed in the East...
Kinda makes you wonder if you should rest players nursing minor injuries earlier in the season (maybe about 10 games after the All-Star break) and go for the late surge with all your regulars in play at the end of the season. Those teams that had to fight tooth-and-nail to get into the playoffs were clearly more ready for playoff-intensity hockey that those that were playing meaningless games in March and sitting regulars in the last week or two.
It's also reminiscent of how things were when there was a CBA-mandated week off but it was different for every team. The teams coming off the break almost always did very poorly against teams that were in their regular routines.