That's literally always been the case for any team that's up for elimination. At least for the last several seasons. Just not likely that it happens on the first two days since a team needs to be up 3-0 for it to happen.
Once again, look at S64 Toronto haha. Pretty sure Seattle beat them in every non-goaltending category but we still lost.
At least this series is close.
I'll do it if @hedgehog337 agrees. We take the elimination gap for the sake of the team with their back against the wall. If he wants to send changes or says he doesn't need any I'll sim game 4 tonight.
The other option would be for example if Seattle had been around 20 seasons before they won their first VC but an expansion team like Cologne had only been around 5. Cologne’s is later chronologically (S36 vs. S20) but in their team history it’s less time because they simply joined the league later.
Yes all these numbers are made up and intentionally not using actual options.
Yeah, would like to know this as well. Answered based on the assumed chronological meaning, which seems to be how the question is worded. However the answer will be different if you interpret the question the other way.