Who cares. I like Arizona, wish they'd taken someone else's spot. That's an awfully plucky team. The Avs went 8-0-2 over their final 10 to get into the playoffs. They did that with Landeskog missing 8 games in March and Mikko Rantanen missing the last 7, including a fun few games missing both Landeskog and Rantanen simultaneously.
Anyways, last time the Avs made the playoffs in back to back seasons was before the 04/05 lockout. Nothing is really going to bring Avs fans down on this. We get to watch at least 4 games of playoff hockey this year, which is fantastic.