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mandree888
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Posted - 05/08/2012 :  05:11:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
sorry theraj662 i am stealing this trivia one........

What was the last time an 8 seed had the chance to take out the number 1, 2 and 3 seed in the playoffs????


(i dont know the answer)
i am very curious

The_Gipper
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Posted - 05/08/2012 :  06:22:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
didn't the Flames do it on their Cup run in 2004? not sure if they were an 8th seed though.

or what about the Devils in '95. pretty sure they were the 8th seed then?
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Posted - 05/08/2012 :  08:33:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The only 8th seed to make it to the final recently were the Oilers (in 2006 - knocked off #1, #5 and #6). I had thought that Anaheim had been an 8th seed making the final too, but I looked it up and they were 7th.

About actually just having the CHANCE to do it . . . couldn't tell ya, but an 8th seed has only made the final once before.

LA continues to look like the best-ever 8th seed hands down at this point, and certainly, they are the overwhelming favourites against Phoenix one would think.

"Take off, eh?" - Bob and Doug
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mandree888
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Posted - 05/08/2012 :  08:40:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
and they way these playoffs have been you never what to bet against the underdogs! rofl alothough at this point they are both underdogs
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mandree888
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Posted - 05/08/2012 :  08:43:36  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_nhl_8th_seed_has_won_a_Stanley_cup


interesting the only team to make the finals being the 8th seed was the oilers that year before that the worst seeding was before the expansion....... so i guess the answer to the question is there hasn't been..........
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spade632
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Posted - 05/08/2012 :  08:49:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
To my knowledge, the Kings are the first #8 seed to ever dust-off the #1 and #2 seeds in the same playoff year. So, there's never been a #8 seed that's knocked off the Top 3.

The Habs were the #8 seed in 2010 and went to the Third Round (losing to Philly). They beat Washington (#1) and Pittsburgh (#4) to get there.
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