In Maine, it's pretty easy to say what we need to do to win the Cup and that is avoid Newfoundland at all costs. Honestly, @Toast should be smart enough to know that Newfoundland is not only our kryptonite, they are quite likely an entire solar system of kryptonite. It is impossible, in Maine history, for us to get past this team and a smart general manager would throw games even to get a lower seed and guarantee a path that keeps us away from them every chance possible.

... What do you mean we play Newfoundland second round? ... *Sigh.*

That's our way out, we have to face what has given us the biggest hell that we have ever faced in our team's history. Sometimes, you have to come face to face with your biggest fear and you have to make it fear you. And in this case ... well, I think we were better off facing a Kelowna or Nevada in the second round, or a Carolina who hasn't won in the playoffs in recent seasons. I think we needed to get some lucky breaks for sure, but to make our way through Anaheim, then say Carolina, and head off from there to a Kelowna or Nevada, to end against Anchorage. I think that would've been a very doable situation.