So I didn't watch any of the games tonight since I was working 3-11, but I can't say I'm mad or even disappointed about how the results came out. As I mentioned earlier, their regular season record had everyone thinking that the Canucks were a team to fear come playoff time, but anyone who actually watched all of their games would know that they were nothing special this entire year. Just an average team that got lucky enough to end the season with the best record, much like the Panthers were a terrible team lucky enough to make the playoffs. Analysts kept talking about how this year's squad wasn't dominating teams and blowing out games like last year's and how they had learned to battle and win close games like it was some sort of improvement... the fact is that they're not good enough to dominate games because they can't manage to play a solid 60 minutes like they did for all of last season.
If any of you remember, I was literally guaranteeing a Canucks cup win last year from BEFORE the playoffs even started. I turned out to be wrong, but I'm not sure anyone could have predicted what happened in that final series with Boston. Regardless, I expected nothing from them this year, and I'm not sure how anyone could be surprised with these results if they were paying attention this season.
Anyways, **** yeah Flyers. Now THAT is a team you can be proud of.
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