East vs West Midseason Update

[Classicnamesup]

ASG shouldn't be EvW while the conferences are uneven. More specifically, the conferences shouldn't be uneven

 

[Prairie Habs]

Or Preds and Blues. Any of those have a chance.

When I think playoff success the Preds and Blues are the first two teams that spring to mind...

 

[londonHK]

Ridiculous statement. What does that even mean? Do Eastern teams stop trying to win in the postseason? They only play other Eastern teams for the most part.

There's only one East vs West playoff series per year and it's the finals. With the best two teams (LA/CHI) in the league being in the West, it's not surprising the West wins the only East vs West match up in the post season.

The West isn't "built for cups" it simply has the two best teams that are winning cups. It's funny seeing all these Western fans riding on the coattails of the Kings and Blackhawks.

Finally someone tells it like it is. No, fan of a non-Hawks/Kings-Western team, your team is not better than every single team in the East just because the Hawks and Kings have won 2 Cups each in the past 5 years. The West didn't win the last Cup, the Kings did.

(I say this as a Hawks fan.)

 

[DanZ]

The last time the Eastern Conference won the head to head was 1998-99. Yes you read that right.

The western conference representative has won the Stanley Cup in 6 of the last 8 seasons.

Right. The West has been better for a long time, but it's closer this season.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

"West is Best" is over.

Here's what I find funny. Every poster here all happy about the "Western Inferiority Complex" has an avatar of a East team. Hmmmmmm... Seems to go both ways, no?

 

[Volodya Krutov]

Or Preds and Blues. Any of those have a chance.

Better chance than the East ? based on what, a recent history of playoffs success ?

 

[Machinehead]

Here's what I find funny. Every poster here all happy about the "Western Inferiority Complex" has an avatar of a East team. Hmmmmmm... Seems to go both ways, no?

It's really not an inferiority complex (and for the record, I never said those words). It's just pompousness. West team X > East team Y, because they play in the West. Or, "my conference won the Cup" I love that one.

 

[Stopsight]

Better chance than the East ? based on what, a recent history of playoffs success ?

How about based on being better teams. When was the last time an eastern team beat the hawks or the kings in the playoffs

 

[Machinehead]

How about based on being better teams. When was the last time an eastern team beat the hawks or the kings in the playoffs

When's the last time a Western team did?

 

[Volodya Krutov]

How about based on being better teams. When was the last time an eastern team beat the hawks or the kings in the playoffs

And when was the last time the predalues beat the hawkings in the playoffs exactly ?

 

[bigbuffalo313]

How about based on being better teams. When was the last time an eastern team beat the hawks or the kings in the playoffs

When was the last time anyone other than Chicago or LA beat Chicago or LA?

 

[BinCookin]

East vs West: 108-90-22, 89pts pace
West vs East: 112-86-22, 92pts pace

Basically the same. I am surprised. Thought the West would be doing much better vs the East.

 

[Machinehead]

When was the last time anyone other than Chicago or LA beat Chicago or LA?

Would you believe it was the Phoenix Coyotes of all teams?

 

[silverfish]

Kind of wish the Rangers played in the Pacific division. 7-1-0

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

It's really not an inferiority complex (and for the record, I never said those words). It's just pompousness. West team X > East team Y, because they play in the West. Or, "my conference won the Cup" I love that one.

And I love some Eastern fans generalizing about all Western fans.

 

[Machinehead]

And I love some Eastern fans generalizing about all Western fans.

I also never said the word "all". I also never said the following:

Most
Half
Generally
Many
A lot

 

[Lomez]

[MOD]So much fail, bizarre logic, weird conclusions, and general knuckle dragging, its almost inspirational.

Probably not a shock then that such buffoonery is prompted by the most pointless sense of identity and self-worth possible. Seriously, you all care who's conference is better?

 

[potsos]

Finally someone tells it like it is. No, fan of a non-Hawks/Kings-Western team, your team is not better than every single team in the East just because the Hawks and Kings have won 2 Cups each in the past 5 years. The West didn't win the last Cup, the Kings did.

(I say this as a Hawks fan.)

Blues record vs East since 2009: 57-16-8.

 

[Mikeshane]

Yowza! The East has a clear lead in white hot bitterness apparently.

I'm glad to see the East getting better, I hate seeing teams have an easy run to the cup and a garbage team like New Jersey make the finals, that was grotesque.

 

[Machinehead]

Blues record vs East since 2009: 57-16-8.

What's your point?

 

[potsos]

What's your point?

Point is, the Blues aren't "riding LA and CHI's coattails" against the East as someone tried to reason. They're just good. Also 22-8-4 vs BOS, MTL, TB, NYR, PIT and WAS in that same span, so not just feasting on the rest of the conference.

 

[Machinehead]

Point is, the Blues aren't "riding LA and CHI's coattails" against the East as someone tried to reason. They're just good. Also 22-8-4 vs BOS, MTL, TB, NYR, PIT and WAS in that same span, so not just feasting on the rest of the conference.

That's good but it doesn't make the Blues inherently better than any team in the East, which is what the whole coattails argument is about.

The Blues are good because the Blues are good, not because a team from their conference won the Cup.

 

[potsos]

The Blues are good because the Blues are good, not because a team from their conference won the Cup.

That's literally what I just said.

 

[Machinehead]

That's literally what I just said.

Then there's no argument here.

I'm just saying I don't think the "coattails" thing is directed at the Blues necessarily. It's about fans who act like their team won the Cup because another team from the West won it, and I don't recall you doing that.

 

[DanZ]

Then there's no argument here.

I'm just saying I don't think the "coattails" thing is directed at the Blues necessarily. It's about fans who act like their team won the Cup because another team from the West won it, and I don't recall you doing that.

I don't recall anyone doing that