re: NHL Playoffs.

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Game 1 2-1 very tight game
Game 2 4-2 biggest actual victory
Game 3 3-2 OT needless to say close game
Game 4 4-2 Empty netter scored at end and sharks outplayed them for first period and a little of the second...

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You left the most important symbol off that list: the W by each of those. They swept the top overall seed in their conference. That's as good as it gets. You can pick a less emphatic adjective if you prefer, but it doesn't change that fact. A sweep over the top seed in your conference is more impressive than a 5 game win over the 8th seed. And Vancouver is a much better team than Boston as well. Like I said, Chicago has faced better competition and has dispatched of that competition more impressively. That doesn't necessarily mean they'll win, but it's just one of many reasons that point in that direction. And btw, the margin of victory in the Vancouver series was 2, 3, 3, and 4 (kind of hard to write all of those off as "barely winning").