16 years of Champions Bracket [R1] - 4. CHICAGO 2010 vs. 13. LAK 2014

[Tufted Titmouse]

For the second time, CHI and LAK are facing off in round 1!

4. CHICAGO 2010						13. LAK 2014
Player	GP	G	A	PTS		Player	GP	G	A	PTS
Jonathan Toews	22​	7​	22​	29​		Anze Kopitar	26​	5​	21​	26​
Patrick Kane	22​	10​	18​	28​		Jeff Carter	26​	10​	15​	25​
Patrick Sharp	22​	11​	11​	22​		Justin Williams	26​	9​	16​	25​
Duncan Keith	22​	2​	15​	17​		Marián Gáborík	26​	14​	8​	22​
Dustin Byfuglien	22​	11​	5​	16​		Drew Doughty	26​	5​	13​	18​
Dave Bolland	22​	8​	8​	16​		Tyler Toffoli	26​	7​	7​	14​
Marián Hossa*	22​	3​	12​	15​		Dustin Brown	26​	6​	8​	14​
Kris Versteeg	22​	6​	8​	14​		Jake Muzzin	26​	6​	6​	12​
Brent Seabrook	22​	4​	7​	11​		Tanner Pearson	24​	4​	8​	12​
Troy Brouwer	19​	4​	4​	8​		Dwight King	26​	3​	8​	11​
Niklas Hjalmarsson	22​	1​	7​	8​		Alec Martinez	26​	5​	5​	10​
Tomas Kopecky	17​	4​	2​	6​		Mike Richards	26​	3​	7​	10​
Andrew Ladd	19​	3​	3​	6​		Slava Voynov	26​	2​	7​	9​
Brent Sopel	22​	1​	5​	6​		Kyle Clifford	24​	1​	6​	7​
Brian Campbell	19​	1​	4​	5​		Jarret Stoll	26​	3​	3​	6​
Ben Eager	18​	1​	2​	3​		Trevor Lewis	26​	4​	1​	5​
John Madden	22​	1​	1​	2​		Willie Mitchell	18​	1​	3​	4​
Bryan Bickell	4​	0​	1​	1​		Matt Greene	20​	0​	4​	4​
Nick Boynton	3​	0​	0​	0​		Robyn Regehr	8​	0​	2​	2​
Adam Burish	15​	0​	0​	0​		Martin Jones	2​	0​	0​	0​
Colin Fraser	3​	0​	0​	0​		Jordan Nolan	3​	0​	0​	0​
Jordan Hendry	15​	0​	0​	0​		Jonathan Quick	26​	0​	0​	0​
Cristobal Huet	1​	0​	0​	0​		Jeff Schultz	7​	0​	0​	0​
Antti Niemi	22​	0​	0​	0​
Player	GP	SV%	GAA	Gsaa		Player	GP	SV%	GAA	Gsaa
Antti Niemi	22​	0.91​	2.63​	1.3​		Jonathan Quick	26​	0.911​	2.58​	-0.6​
Cristobal Huet	1​	1​	0​			Martin Jones	2​	1​	0​

Here's the bracket as of time of posting this thread:

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[BringTheReign]

2014 Kings pulled off the reverse sweep, beat our stacked cross-town rivals, and the 2014 Hawks in possibly the best playoff series of the cap era, but we're losing this poll. Yep, seems about right.

Just a reminder that the 2012 Kings tied the record for least games played to win a Cup after beating the #1-3 seeds on top of being the first and only #8 seed to win a major professional sports title. I'm not saying both Kings teams deserve to win their polls, but one of them should/should have and the margins shouldn't be what they are.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

2014 Kings pulled off the reverse sweep, beat our stacked cross-town rivals, and the 2014 Hawks in possibly the best playoff series of the cap era, but we're losing this poll. Yep, seems about right.

Just a reminder that the 2012 Kings tied the record for least games played to win a Cup after beating the #1-3 seeds on top of being the first and only #8 seed to win a major professional sports title. I'm not saying both Kings teams deserve to win their polls, but one of them should/should have and the margins shouldn't be what they are.

LA certainly got the toughest draws. Keep in mind, though, that LAK was still two time Cup champs and losing some silly brackets doesn't diminish it. We all know if these games were actually played, all of them would likely be tossups. LAK had that "it" factor in those years. They punched above their weight, and I mean that as a compliment.

 

[x Tame Impala]

2014 Kings pulled off the reverse sweep, beat our stacked cross-town rivals, and the 2014 Hawks in possibly the best playoff series of the cap era, but we're losing this poll. Yep, seems about right.

Just a reminder that the 2012 Kings tied the record for least games played to win a Cup after beating the #1-3 seeds on top of being the first and only #8 seed to win a major professional sports title. I'm not saying both Kings teams deserve to win their polls, but one of them should/should have and the margins shouldn't be what they are.

2014 Hawks are not the 2010 Hawks. Big difference

 

[BringTheReign]

2014 Hawks are not the 2010 Hawks. Big difference

The larger issue is the margin of these polls than an actual win or loss. It's just blatant bias. The 2012 Kings had the most dominant Cup run of the cap era and that poll basically looked identical to this one versus a worse version of the Hawks.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

The larger issue is the margin of these polls than an actual win or loss. It's just blatant bias. The 2012 Kings had the most dominant Cup run of the cap era and that poll basically looked identical to this one versus a worse version of the Hawks. It's just blatant.

Unfortunately, only picking a winner doesn't give enough info to gleam the nuances of a tight series. It's hard to pick LA if I think CHI wins a closer on in 7 games. It would be a war for sure. Tough draw, I think both LAK teams beat Washington 2018, St. Louis 2018, and maybe a couple of the Pittsburgh teams. Probably Chicago 2015, as well.

 

[JaegerDice]

The larger issue is the margin of these polls than an actual win or loss. It's just blatant bias. The 2012 Kings had the most dominant Cup run of the cap era and that poll basically looked identical to this one versus a worse version of the Hawks.

The 2013 Hawks were better than the 2010 Blackhawks. Id sooner believe the 2014 Kings would beat the 2010 Hawks than the 2012 Kings beating the 2013 Hawks.