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Playoffs around the league for 2018
Maacoshark:
I have a question about the Vegas/Kings series. Is the 10 total goals scored the lowest in a best if 7 series. I dont recall any lower scoring series.
Maacoshark:
I decided to check and 10 goals is the fewest in a best of 7 series. This series tied Anaheim/ Minnesota series but in that series the Wild scored only 1 goal.
The 7 goals for Vegas is the fewest goal scored for a team winning a best of 7 series.
Devise:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Wednesday April 18, 2018, 07:39:30 PM Eastern --- Vegas is playing a strong defensive system with all 5 guys involved. And they do it with speed. The system where all 5 guys are playing defensively responsible in my kind of game. Wish all of our guys played like that. Funny thing is that is the kind if system Trotz tried to implement the past couple of years. Wtf happened this year?
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We still at times attempt to employ that system, but we also can't do five man systems all the time with our personnel. But ultimately what happened this year is our core got older and our depth got worse, for the most part. Trotz has to do what he can with what we have, and I don't really think he should be the one on the hot seat even though I recognize he is, but I just think that is atypical of struggling franchises. Management doesn't want to admit it was their fault when things go bad so they put it on the coach, especially if it's been a few years of said same coach.
The players almost never take the brunt of the responsibility in these situations, and it's starting to become a bit tiring. Because for us, it is mostly on the players, and then the personnel decisions second imo. For me Trotz has proven that it wouldn't matter if it was Babcock or Guy or Gerrard in here. You can't make players find a playoff gear. You can't make them adapt to the harsher conditions. It's not like your going to "teach" John Carlson to not panic under the fire of playoff hockey pressure.
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: Maacoshark on Wednesday April 18, 2018, 08:39:41 PM Eastern --- I decided to check and 10 goals is the fewest in a best of 7 series. This series tied Anaheim/ Minnesota series but in that series the Wild scored only 1 goal.
The 7 goals for Vegas is the fewest goal scored for a team winning a best of 7 series.
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Hehehe what’s even cooler, their leading goal scorer was also good enough to be on the ice in the last seconds of a 1-0 playoff game, but laid out to block the final shot, which could, or could not, have effected the aim of the shot going wide and/or Fleury getting there. He wasn’t lookin for an empty net goal. . .
Just shows the character and what’s important to them
Maacoshark:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Wednesday April 18, 2018, 09:50:59 PM Eastern ---Hehehe what’s even cooler, their leading goal scorer was also good enough to be on the ice in the last seconds of a 1-0 playoff game, but laid out to block the final shot, which could, or could not, have effected the aim of the shot going wide and/or Fleury getting there. He wasn’t lookin for an empty net goal. . .
Just shows the character and what’s important to them
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We have guys that make foolish plays going for an empty net goal and end up icing the puck unnecessarily. I'm OK with that if up by 2 goals. Up by one goal get to centre before shooting for the empty net. Vegas looks like a team with unselfish players.
I still dont like the fact that an expansion team got such an easy ride. They still deserve credit for their season. I thought they might make the playoffs but didn't expect this much from them.
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