Has an NHL Team Ever Pulled Off This Kind of Run?

The question alone tells you this story is poking at something unusual, maybe even borderline absurd by league standards. The New York Times is clearly digging into a team accomplishment that does not fit neatly into the normal NHL script. Those are the kinds of hockey stories that send scouts, coaches, and old-timers back to the record books. Whatever happened here, it has enough weight to make people ask whether the league has seen anything like it before.