A 4 team parlay with all of the dogs would have paid somewhere around 40-1. Crazy because on paper who would have thought the favorites would have all lost. Even though Philly barely made the playoffs they handled New Jersey this year. Ottawa's defense was too much for Pitt. Detroit sucked everyone in and couldn't win game 1 and San Jose is still San Jose.
NHL is much more wide open than the NBA playoffs. Of course the NBA home favorites get much more favorable help from the refs (Lebron, Kobe, Michael Jordan).
that is a huge price to pay against a team that has had far superior goaltending this year. I have watched almost every Canadians game this year and I can tell you that HALAK has stood on his head more than once and stole the #1 job in Montreal despite the fact that C price was almost guaranteed to get it.