Possible, but unlikely. Since this format started, Anaheim won the Pacific 4 times in a row. Two of those years LA and San Jose met each other, with two years apart. Don't remember this reaction then. Quite on the contrary, good series and the fans just don't like each other.
If we assume Washington wins the Metro this year, they'll also have won it 4 years in a row, with Pittsburgh as the #2 or #3. Pittsburgh will face the fourth different team in four years in the 1st round this year.
This is a whopping 2nd year that happens and, like I said, in today's NHL things change so fast, there's a bigger chance the same scenario won't occur next season.
If this scenario in the Atlantic happens four years in a row, I'll be inclined to agree, but that scenario is highly unlikely, imo.
