We’ve been documenting it all week. The Pittsburgh Penguins are fading fast and all but out of the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Only three teams have come back from a 3-0 defecit to win a postseason series, and one of those teams is the Philadelphia Flyers from 2010.
They know how quickly it can happen, and won’t take their feet off Pittsburgh’s neck. Continue reading
More than any other sport, the NHL has shown us that just getting into the playoffs is an extremely useful thing. While most sports typically see high-seeded teams advance to the league championship, the NHL is proving that any of the eight teams in each conference has the ability to advance.
Take the Edmonton Oilers, for example, who were within one win of reached the Stanley Cup as an eight seed. Two years ago the Philadelphia Flyers advanced to the Stanley Cup as a seven-seed, topping an even lower seeded Montreal Canadiens in the Eastern Conference Finals. Continue reading