Is this the worst performance by the top seeds in both conferences in NHL history?

[MMC]

Unbelievable to me how bad the Lightning and Flames looked in the playoffs. Is this the worst you've ever seen?

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[Bagge]

I am more surprised that Flames won the western conference than they are going out now.

 

[Zalos]

Mind boggling.

 

[flashy]

the bolts at times dominated play.

i can honestly not remember any time other then game 1 where that happened for the flames.

 

[irunthepeg]

1 combined win between both the top seeds...

 

[CraigsList]

Absolutely disgusting effort by both seeds.

Be more prepared next time.

 

[SI90]

My Stanley cup final prediction was CGY vs TBL. Well there goes my bracket

 

[SavedByRoy]

has a 1-8 combined record for the top 2 seeds in a conference ever been matched or beaten? it.s usually 4-2 or 4-3 if the 1 seed goes down...

 

[PuckSeparator]

From heroes to zeroes in barely a week.

 

[tucker3434]

First time they both lost so... yeah.

 

[AuraSphere]

My Stanley cup final prediction was CGY vs TBL. Well there goes my bracket

I think that was the majority... RIP

 

[LOFIN]

Well... Yes. First time both 1st seeds go out in the first round so...

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

There's something about fighting for a playoff spot vs clinching one early on. Both Columbus and Colorado were playing must win games for over a month now, so they definitely had a mental edge on both teams, and clearly Calgary and Tampa were just not prepared for playoff hockey.

 

[Mbraunm]

Unbelievable -hard to understand how this could happen in such a one sided fashion.

 

[Leonardo87]

It’s Mind-Bottling.

 

[deckercky]

I am more surprised that Flames won the western conference than they are going out now.

Thought Calgary would breeze through Colorado, but thought they might struggle with their goaltending. For the team to go out in 5 with an elite goaltending performance is mindblowing.

 

[KCC]

Unbelievable to me how bad the Lightning and Flames looked in the playoffs. Is this the worst you've ever seen?

Considering it’s the first time in history both top seeds were bounced in round 1, yup.

 

[JurassicTunga]

There's something about fighting for a playoff spot vs clinching one early on. Both Columbus and Colorado were playing must win games for over a month now, so they definitely had a mental edge on both teams, and clearly Calgary and Tampa were just not prepared for playoff hockey.

Flames weren't nearly the same after the all star break. Just like the previous year, lol. Definitely backed into the playoffs and is one of the reasons they lost.

 

[koyvoo]

It’s definitely the most convincing and clear throttlings I’ve seen the #1 seeds take in the same year.

Combination of both the top seeds playing very underwhelming hockey and the lower seeds putting in some tremendous efforts and executing at a high level.

 

[GOilers88]

I think that was the majority... RIP

I don't think too many people had Calgary out of the West.

 

[Kcb12345]

Yes

 

[tntkid]

I never expected Calgary or Tampa to play that bad in the first round.

They blew their load in the regular season playing at a unsustainable level for too long.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Flames weren't nearly the same after the all star break. Just like the previous year, lol. Definitely backed into the playoffs and is one of the reasons they lost.

Yep. Neither team has ever at any point had their back against the wall, and it showed. They didn't know what it was like to play must win hockey.

 

[neXis]

Calgary's loss is as bad as Tampa's. Getting beat by a 38 win team, talk about embarrassing. Atleast Columbus won more than half of their games. This ain't no knock on the Avs, just mad respect shutting the Flames down. Both Avs and Blue Jackets remind me of '95 Devils and '12 Kings.

 

[CraigsList]

There's something about fighting for a playoff spot vs clinching one early on. Both Columbus and Colorado were playing must win games for over a month now, so they definitely had a mental edge on both teams, and clearly Calgary and Tampa were just not prepared for playoff hockey.

That’s exactly what I’ve been thinking too.

Didn’t Ottawa do the same thing a couple of years ago that had them a goal away from the SCF?