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jg2977 · 05-10-2009, 10:24 PM

Cool, glad to see that some people are following this.

I feel bad for the New York Islanders. They've had a great team for so long, made the Stanley Cup Finals 5 times, and lost every time. Now over the past couple of years, they've had it rough and finished out of the playoffs. I guess management decided that it was time to blow that team up. It reminds me of how the Buffalo Bills lost four straight Super Bowls, and then eventually faded into mediocrity.

The Los Angeles Kings had an incredible run. I didn't expect that to happen in a league that I built on parity. That's because anything can happen in a short best-of-7 series. To win 3 straight Stanley Cups, and 4 in 6 years is remarkable. It had to come to an end sometime though, as they got knocked off by the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round of the 1918 playoffs.

Speaking of the 1918 playoffs, fans' brackets must have been completely blown up. It must have caused chaos in those Hockey Madness pools! In the first round, both #1 and #2 seeds lost, and a #3 also lost. The Eastern Conference Finals was an 8-7 matchup, and the Stanley Cup Finals was a 7-7 matchup, featuring two teams that were barely above .500! (The Florida Panthers beat the St. Louis Blues.)

As for 1919, congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins. They don't make the playoffs all that often (6 times in 19 years), but they've shown that they can win. They've already won 2 Stanley Cups.

05-10-2009, 10:24 PM	#146
jg2977 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 26,065	Cool, glad to see that some people are following this. I feel bad for the New York Islanders. They've had a great team for so long, made the Stanley Cup Finals 5 times, and lost every time. Now over the past couple of years, they've had it rough and finished out of the playoffs. I guess management decided that it was time to blow that team up. It reminds me of how the Buffalo Bills lost four straight Super Bowls, and then eventually faded into mediocrity. The Los Angeles Kings had an incredible run. I didn't expect that to happen in a league that I built on parity. That's because anything can happen in a short best-of-7 series. To win 3 straight Stanley Cups, and 4 in 6 years is remarkable. It had to come to an end sometime though, as they got knocked off by the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round of the 1918 playoffs. Speaking of the 1918 playoffs, fans' brackets must have been completely blown up. It must have caused chaos in those Hockey Madness pools! In the first round, both #1 and #2 seeds lost, and a #3 also lost. The Eastern Conference Finals was an 8-7 matchup, and the Stanley Cup Finals was a 7-7 matchup, featuring two teams that were barely above .500! (The Florida Panthers beat the St. Louis Blues.) As for 1919, congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins. They don't make the playoffs all that often (6 times in 19 years), but they've shown that they can win. They've already won 2 Stanley Cups. Last edited by jg2977; 05-10-2009 at 10:28 PM.