Well as torqued off as I still am over what happened in this series, today a friend of mine pointed out Florida had the 17th best record in the NHL this year.
SEVENTEENTH.
The NHL for whatever stupid reason continually screws with the playoff format, but that said, I recall in the 1970's, there was a time where they lined up the teams 1-16 recordwise and had 1 play 16, 2 play 15, etc, etc, instead of the half assed way they do it now.
Had that old seeding system still be in place, they wouldn't even had made the playoffs.
And better yet, sticking with the current half assed system, had either Buffalo or Pittsburg won one more game, the Panthers would have been out.
And yeah, I get it, President's trophy winners last year, had a bunch of injuries this year, they are peaking at the right time, blah, blah, blah.
I don't give a shit; the Bruins still should have won this series in 5 games, 6 tops.
What a disaster, their inability to clear the puck, not make horrible, unforced turnovers, adjust to the Panthers forecheck and make crisp passes killed them.
All series long.
At least the Scottish game was just that; ONE game.
This was a 7 game shitshow.
Or more to the point, a game 5, 6, 7 shitshow.
Three chances to close them out and they could not do it.
