Both teams needed a coaching change they were playing sub par hockey for awhile now and you can't fire the whole team so you need a scapegoat, did Phoenix hire Bowness on the interm or full time?
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Originally posted by exponent_doobie
When the play-offs come throw all the stats away. It's a whole new game and anything can happen. Not to mention the players would have gained some experience from earlier downfalls.
For fucks sake look at Anahiem last year, who would of thought the 8th seed would make it to the playoffs. 
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any team can beat any team on any night that is the great part of this game, the play-offs are where the real players come to play and the europeans try and find a safe hiding place