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Originally Posted by Ghost # 1
Whomever wins the East will have lady luck on their side this year IMO
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That's always the case; being good definitely improves your odds, but against a field with this much parity it is by no means a guarantee. The best team in the NHL can miss the playoffs a non-trivial amount of time. Heck, Chicago almost did and they were almost certainly a top-5 team.