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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr
Barring injury, is anyone going to stop the Avs from winning the Cup? A 17-1-6 start, a 136pt pace
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From 05/06 (after the cancelled season) only twice has the team with the best regular season record gone on to win the cup.
07/08 Red Wings 115 Pts - won cup
12/13 Black Hawks 77 Pts (Strike shortened season) won cup
A few examples of teams that had the best regular season record and didn't win:
05/06 - Detroit 124 Pts - out in 1st round
09/10 - Washington 121 Pts - out in 1st round
13/14 - Boston 116 Pts, Anaheim 115 - both out in 2nd round
15/16 - Washington 120 Pts - out in 2nd round
16/17 - Washington 118 Pts - out in 2nd round
17/18 - Nashville 117 Pts - out in 2nd round
18/19 - Tampa Bay 128 Pts - out in 1st round
22/23 - Boston 135 Pts - out in 1st round
Definitely not a blessing of things to come when you dominate the regular season.
