Just saying that a sample size of 82 games is possibly a better measure than a few games tacked on at the end of the season. Yes, I know it's for the cup, that doesn't stop it being a much smaller sample size in which luck/injuries can play a much larger part..
A team that has more playoff wins in the last few years than your team is irrelevant? What does that make Toronto, then?
The regular season is simply preparation for the playoffs. It's absolutely not a better measure for who the best team is. The playoffs is when your opponent scrutinizes your strengths and weaknesses in order exploit them. It's a strategic chess match with the intensity ramped up to 11, and you have to be able to adapt. There's a reason why the same teams kept winning the cup over the past decade.
Do you get pissed off when you see someone driving the same car as you or when someone uses the same shirt?
Penguins have more, 39-34. I don't think anyone is saying they're bad in the playoffs.
Couldn't really do that because the Tampa Bay Lightning have actually won a playoff series or two in the past 15 years. Call yourself a member of the big boys club when you win a few series in the postseason.
Last I checked a team has to win at least 3 to get to a game 7. How does one get "dominated" yet manage to win 3?
Yeah, and we outplayed Washington for some real stretches too. And I still believe that if Drouin’s goal had counted we would have held on to win game 6 against the Pens.
Luck obviously. Don't try to rewrite the past, Tampa did nothing in the offensive zone at even strength all series.
They haven't yet. They've won rounds, sure, but have not won a cup with this team which is why they can't be considered the best. You have to be able to win.
