happened) so naturally as friends do we all rooted hard for Minnesota. This was overall just a crazy playoffs. #2 seed and defending champs Detroit also went down first round. At this time you never saw those 2 teams out early, you expected one to make the Finals and the other to win a round or two as well. Anaheim and Minnesota were the western conference finalists as the 7 and 6 seeds and Anaheim went to game 7 of the Finals.