I'd say the opposite of what was expected would fall under the category of irony... up 3-0 in the series, up 3-0 in game 7...wprager wrote:shabbs wrote:Up 3-0 in the series... and up 3-0 in game 7... and they lose.wprager wrote:Irony?
That's more like tragedy. Irony would be if, for example, Boston ran Bergeron and put him out of the series, allowing Laviolette to insert Leighton, who shut the door the rest of the way. That's not exactly how it happened, though.
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