arlcapsfan
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- Oct 3, 2015
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can you guarantee that the 8 seed 1 faces, is significantly weaker than the 7 or whoever 2nd place faces?
If you cannot, how you make the blanket statement that first is better?
Deciding what is best all starts in round 1 and that matchup specifically. Back in the day when there weren't 3-5 teams vying for 8th place on the last night of the season, the seedings were more concrete - who was better or worse had already shaken out.
Home ice is great but feel it creates extra pressure. That is not good for fragile teams. Running scared from pitt or columbus won't win us a cup. If we are going to win it, let's not pray for another cake walk into the finals only to get slaughtered like last time. There is nothing to fear.
Looking forward to who you might play in round 2 will make you lose round 1.
this !!