Classicnamesup
MVP Backhand Slapper
ASG shouldn't be EvW while the conferences are uneven. More specifically, the conferences shouldn't be uneven
Or Preds and Blues. Any of those have a chance.
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.
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.
"West is Best" is over.
Or Preds and Blues. Any of those have a chance.
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?
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
How about based on being better teams. When was the last time an eastern team beat the hawks or the kings in the playoffs
How about based on being better teams. When was the last time an eastern team beat the hawks or the kings in the playoffs
East vs West: 108-90-22, 89pts pace
West vs East: 112-86-22, 92pts pace
When was the last time anyone other than Chicago or LA beat Chicago or LA?
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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.