It was the Winnipeg Jets who first posed the question, scribbling a rallying cry on the whiteboard in their dressing room Wednesday morning:
'Why Not Us?'
And it was the Anaheim Ducks who provided a resounding answer Wednesday night.
Why not the Jets? Because, simply put, the Ducks are better. They're better up front and along the blue-line. They have more depth, more experience... more everything.
The Ducks snuffed out the last flicker of hope for the Jets' 2014-15 season in front of another raucous whiteout house at the MTS Centre in a 5-2 victory that was absolutely, positively textbook playoff hockey.