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Tampa Bay . . . No way they should have done what they did with the "Big Three" now the "big two", they did have boyle out who is a big catalyst, but he is offensive defenseman so they should not have given up so many goals. It'll be interesting to see how Smith who was incredible in Dallas responds as a #1 next year, excited to see it.
hello this is not a whos record or finishing position dropped. It's who underacheived.
Not Vancouver, their whole defense was on IR. Poor scoring, but they are a team that feeds off its defense frustrating the other team. Ohlund, Krajicek, Mitchell, Bieksa, out on a defense first team, get real, they did fine. Actually they started developing players. Look out if they pick up any FA scoring.
Not Buffalo. Get real they lost their Campbell, Briere, Drury, and Biron. Can't expect them to do what they did. They did better than I thought they would, so I dont think thats underacheive. Actually I think that they will in the long run benefit because it forced players like Vanek to really step up, now when they but some FA they will be better off.
Not Anaheim, they had a couple bad games at the start of their series and thats what got them, they were the better team overall in the last 4 games despite the record of 2-2. I think Perry healthy would have been the difference, losing a leading goalscorer is tough.