Cormier may have had the luxury of playing for successful teams most of his junior and major career, but he is no fool to the way of the hockey gods. The simple fact he would want to convey on the broadcast is that any team that makes the playoffs has a chance to win it all no matter how good they are or how weak their opponent is. Especially when it comes to the SHL, there's such a small gap seperating the top half of the league that any team from 1-10 could have finished anywhere between 1-10 and that rings very true for New England and Atlanta. Although NEW finished 1st in their division and Atlanta finished 4th in theirs, they were only seperated by 5 wins. Even their goals for were remarkably close at 287 for Atlanta and 299 for NEW England. The fact is these are both great teams with an equal chance to move on to the next round and beyond.