Question 3:
The team that had the easiest road to the finals is clearly San Francisco. in the first round, they played against Winnipeg which had finished 8th out of 10 teams in the Western conference. Tampa Bay, on the other side, played against Philadelphia which was one of best teams in the whole league, they were 3rd in the whole league. In the 2nd round,  Tampa Bay had to face one of the favorites to win the cup, Atlanta, while San Francisco was facing Seattle. Seattle is a good team, but not on the same leave as Philadelphia. In the semi finals, both San Fran and Tampa Bay faced mid tiers teams in New Orleans and New England. This whole thing makes the run that Tampa Bay went on very impressive. To be able to beat a team like Philadelphia who had 87 points in the first round, but then to beat Atlanta in the 2nd is astonishing.

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Question 8:
While I am writing this after the end of the championship, I think it was obvious that the Gods of the SHL was favoring San Francisco. Tampa Bay simply had no chance to beat the Pride. San Francisco just won the cup twice and have the best team in the league, they had to be the first team to win 3 championships in a row. A team like Tampa Bay is fun and had a great run, but did not have a chance to beat San Francisco. In 66 games, San Francisco won 11 more games than Tampa Bay and had a total of 24 more points.

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Question 11:
The team that I think did better than expected is New England Wolfpack. They finished 8th in the league during the regular season but still made it to the top 4 in the playoffs and lost in game 7 against Tampa Bay, which means they almost made it to the finals. They exceeded my expectactions because when you have players like @o on defense, you can't expect to make it very far. Guys like him can't even do a junmping jack and need help to walk across the locker room. How are they suppose to win games with him in the locker room? The good news is next season, New England should be even better an perform at a higher level to finally win the cup for the first time since season 77. My expectactions are always high for a team managed by future hall of famer Luke and I'm excited to see what he has in his bags to improve the team during the offseason.

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