Much to Boneman's dismay, the first 2 rounds of the 2009/10 NHL Playoffs will feature no sweeps. The last time all 12 series in the Conference Quarters and Semis went at least 5 games was 2001/02 (not all that long ago), and it's certainly a lot more common to see at least some lopsided results across that many matchups. Not this year, though.
Detroit and Philadelphia, the only 2 teams to head into a Game 4 in 2010 down 3-0 (so far), avoided the brooms in diametrically-opposed ways: Detroit took a 5-0 1st period lead over San Jose last night and eventually won 7-1, whereas the Flyers needed overtime tonight to avoid elimination at the Bruins' hands.
It figures that the Rangers would miss a playoff year where no one got swept... although I suppose if they'd made it in this year, then that particular statistic might not have held up anyway!
And after tonight...you may see the first full fledged collapse!! To those of you out there that continually tell me I'm nothing more than a pessimist...just WATCH this series and tell me exactly WHAT I have to be optimistic about!!!
ReplyDeleteWell... pessimism for the win.
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