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Rite of Spring 2018-“What happens in the playoffs stays in the playoffs”


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This discussion kinda came to a close, but it’s also worth noting the Jackets gave up the first to get out from under the Clarkson contract / offseason cap hit, and the second so VGK wouldn’t take Anderson or Korpisalo.

 

It’d be pretty much impossible for them to sign Panarin and Bobrovsky to extensions without shedding Clarkson.

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It's still pretty amazing to me that between 2002/03 and 2011/12 there were 9 different champions in 9 seasons. The longest stretches before that was 6, happening twice between 2000/01-2006/07 and 1991/92-1996/97.

 

The playoff format between 1998/99 to 2012/13 (14 cups) only had 3 teams win it more than once in that span: Devils ('00, '03), Red Wings ('02, '08), and Blackhawks ('10, '13). The other 8 cups were won by 8 different teams. Since the playoff format switch (and conference realignments) in 2013/14, there have been 3 different cup winners in 4 seasons but also features the first repeating winner since the 1996/97 & 1997/98 seasons. With a guaranteed new winner this year, it will be 4 different winners out of 5 years.

 

Even though the last 9 years has seen only 4 different winners, 3 of them multi-winners, the playoff format change occurred right in the middle of that stretch. It's interesting to think what might have happened had it not changed. Would there truly been a reign of tyranny by those 3 teams (ft Boston) or would different matchups have changed what names were later etched on the cup?

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Well, the Jets were the more consistent team. Congrats, Winnipeg. Here's hoping for a Winnipeg/Washington Final.

 

 

Thunder Bay Lynx - International Hockey Association (2 seasons, 2017-18, 2019-20, 2018 Xtreme Cup Champions)Houston Armadillos - Major League Hockey (2 seasons, 2016-18) | Minnesota Muskies - North American Basketball Association (1 season, 2017-2018) | Louisville Thoroughbreds - United League of Baseball (1 season, 2017, 2017 United Cup Champions) | Las Vegas Thunderbirds - International Basketball League (1 season, 2016-17, 2017 Champions) 

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Well, the Jets were the more consistent team. Congrats, Winnipeg. Here's hoping for a Winnipeg/Washington Final.

 

 

Thunder Bay Lynx - International Hockey Association (2 seasons, 2017-18, 2019-20, 2018 Xtreme Cup Champions)Houston Armadillos - Major League Hockey (2 seasons, 2016-18) | Minnesota Muskies - North American Basketball Association (1 season, 2017-2018) | Louisville Thoroughbreds - United League of Baseball (1 season, 2017, 2017 United Cup Champions) | Las Vegas Thunderbirds - International Basketball League (1 season, 2016-17, 2017 Champions) 

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