Tequilla
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There are 6 really good teams in the West and that doesn't include Minnesota and St Louis who are probably better than half of the teams in the Eaststars-avs playing round 1 when they’re arguably the 2 best teams in the west is so fucking dumbThey ruined their game through a terrible playoff format change and a bunch of expansion teams that look like AHL/WHL concepts. Divisional rivals playing every year is terrible.The biggest challenge for the Yeti's is that they are the 6th best team in their division which is the best division in hockey … that's a bit of a challenge
Not sure that there's any reason to believe anybody ahead of them are planning on taking steps backwards …
That said, it wouldn't shock me if they competed for a spot next year
Kings are playing Edmonton for what, the 3rd year in a row? The Four Nations playoff was an excellent, I'll give them that.
But NBA playoffs where the stars are rested/fresh after 82 games and everyone has to play defense (or get exposed trying to) at this point is where it's at.
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The West is just flat out a meat grinder … there's no way around it