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!
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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!!!
Well... pessimism for the win.
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