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- Jul 20, 2007
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I did miss it. Thanks.The Avalanche were heavy underdogs going into that series - see my post above:
Did Carey Price live up to his 8 year, $84M contract?
As I said, Roy had the better career. But he was on far better teams. And he was wildly inconsistent. I don’t remember Carey Price ever losing us a series but Roy did that multiple times. I still remember Cam Neely scoring from center ice. And Roy never beat a team better than his own, Price...forums.hfboards.com
You may have missed my response the first time - that's fine.
And I acknowledge that the difference in the standings was large enough that people can argue it that way - but none of us who were watching that series considered it anything but an even match. Colorado had Sakic and Forsberg. Those two clubs went at it for years.
I don’t see it as an upset but if you want to argue that it is, okay. Pro-line and the standings is fair enough.You can reminisce about how great a series it was retrospectively (because it was a great series). That doesn't mean that the Avalanche weren't significant underdogs at the time.
If you judge whether or not Patrick Roy had any upset series wins by how his team did in the series, then of course you won't credit him for any upset series wins.
He still had multi- HOF players on that club. It was still in its way to becoming a powerhouse. And it would still be the only series that he’d have.
Price beat far better teams, with lesser teammates (usually with no HOfers to help) multiple times.