All 16 playoff-bound franchises are loaded with talent and have competed at a high level throughout the long, grueling regular season. However, no team is perfect, and only one will hoist Lord Stanley's silver chalice at the conclusion of the finals. Every team has an Achilles' heel, and the postseason is often when those weaknesses are exploited.
We identified every team's tee-time booker, the statistical area that could prove to be its downfall and lead to a failed playoff run and early offseason golfing -- hence the name. They don't say the Stanley Cup is the hardest trophy to win in all of sports for no reason, and as playoff teams chase those final 16 wins this spring, they will have to rise above the lesser areas of their games.
Let's look at the fatal flaw that could send each of the Eastern Conference clubs to the links earlier than expected this spring, from the Washington Capitals (who clinched the Presidents' Trophy with the league's best record back on March 28) down to the Philadelphia Flyers (who didn't clinch a playoff berth until game No. 81 of their season, this past weekend).