Something you might not ever see again…4 straight Stanley cup finals sweeps.
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sbhnur
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Only if the flyers reach the finals.
Uhh I could easily put NHL 24 on rookie mode and make this happen, and I could just quit in the middle of the games until I win 4 straight in the Finals, and do that each season. So therefore, yes, I would see it happen again. Maybe re-think your prediction next time.
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They are coached by John Tortarella. They have the two huge hurdles of getting in the playoffs and making it out of the 1st round first.Only if the flyers reach the finals.
sbhnur
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No, I dont. But if they reach the finals (which won't be the case) I could see it happen. Just bc they are the Flyers. I love them anyway though!
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The Leafs can not be swept in the finals if the Leafs do not reach the finals.
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JianYang
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96 and 98 featured a couple heavy underdogs in the final. They were a couple teams you would not expect to be in the finals, and the results were not surprising.
95 and 97 however were surprising. 95 was when the Devils introduced themselves as a perennial cup contender, but that was a stacked wings team they beat. 97 was the lindros flyers. They had some flaws when compared to the wings, but I don't think many people anticipated them to be ousted so easily.
95 and 97 however were surprising. 95 was when the Devils introduced themselves as a perennial cup contender, but that was a stacked wings team they beat. 97 was the lindros flyers. They had some flaws when compared to the wings, but I don't think many people anticipated them to be ousted so easily.
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At no point during last year's Final did it seem competitive. Florida might not have gotten swept, but that was the saddest performance I've ever seen in the Final. They had three incredible rounds then they didn't even belong on the same ice as their opponent
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Read this 3 times over and have no idea wtf OP is talking about, most bizarre thread I've ever seen
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lol some don’t understand. All I’m saying is we will never see a Stanley cup finals again with the other team getting swept and this happening 4 years in a row. This happened from 1995-1998.
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The league has worked hard to increase parity, they don’t want sweeps ever, it leaves way too much money in fans pockets.
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Surprised it didn't happen during the first expansion era, but I looked and it was only three consecutive Finals sweeps.
For those who don't know, when the Original Six expanded, they brought six new teams on board, and separated the divisions between new teams and old teams. So for 3 years in a row, an expansion team would make the Finals by default. More specifically, the St Louis Blues made the Finals 3 years in a row, and got swept all three times.
The divisions were only adjusted once Vancouver and Buffalo came into the fold (with Canucks getting put into the "East" for some reason??). Of course, as soon as Chicago got put into the expansion conference, they immediately made the Finals and lost a 7-game series to Montreal.
I think it's safe to say, with so much emphasis on parity, we won't see circumstances like that in our lifetime, and OP is probably safe to declare that it will never happen again. What's confusing me, is how people aren't understanding the premise of this thread lol
For those who don't know, when the Original Six expanded, they brought six new teams on board, and separated the divisions between new teams and old teams. So for 3 years in a row, an expansion team would make the Finals by default. More specifically, the St Louis Blues made the Finals 3 years in a row, and got swept all three times.
The divisions were only adjusted once Vancouver and Buffalo came into the fold (with Canucks getting put into the "East" for some reason??). Of course, as soon as Chicago got put into the expansion conference, they immediately made the Finals and lost a 7-game series to Montreal.
I think it's safe to say, with so much emphasis on parity, we won't see circumstances like that in our lifetime, and OP is probably safe to declare that it will never happen again. What's confusing me, is how people aren't understanding the premise of this thread lol
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@EdJovanovski The Stanley Cup winners from 1995 - 1998 swept the finals.
OP was a bit oddly worded but @JianYang and @Schennanigans explained further.
1995: Jersey (4) vs. Detroit (0)
1996: Colorado (4) vs. Florida (0)
1997: Detroit (4) vs. Philadelphia (0)
1998: Detroit (4) vs. Washington (0)
That's crazy. I doubt we even see a three-peat again. It's impressive that Detroit made it to the finals 3/4 years though, winning two in consecutive sweeps.
That goes to show how truly bad the east is. They took the other best team in the east thru 7 games, and smacked around two of the conferences other top teams like it was nothing. Only to get obliterated by Vegas.
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