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GDT R1G2 Blue Jackets @ Capitals 2018-04-15 7:30pm EST NBCSWA, USA
RavenCp:
Anyway, it was a good game.
Devise:
apace41:
--- Quote from: Devise on Sunday April 15, 2018, 11:19:58 PM Eastern ---
It's not a curse. Playoff consistency comes from understanding what makes good playoff hockey teams. Good GM's understand that, and Trotz is a good playoff hockey coach doing the best he can with the tools he's given. Brett Connolly doesn't ice on a roster that is playoff ready. It's as simple as that. Neither does Vrana, or Jerabeck, or likely Kempny. Hell Stephenson even though he's had some hustle, was playing with Nicky/Oshie during that stretch.
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Loved your earlier post so that gives me the right to disagree on this one. EVERY team in the playoffs has holes. In a free agency era with a cap you can't afford to plug all the holes (especially in an expansion year -- losing Schmitty hurt a lot). You can't put consistent OT losses on "the way the franchise was built" or at least I don't. All of that is 20-20 hindsight. We've had teams that were "built for the playoffs" like last year - out in the 2nd round. Teams that overachieved like this one -- looking like out in the first round. You can't account for that with the organization other than by second-guessing based on the results.
I don't know if I really believe in "curses" but we do get more than our share of bad luck and unfortunate bounces. And, of course, a lot of missed opportunities and mistakes at key moments. But we do it with different players year after year and I find it hard to imagine our coaches are telling Burakovsky to take an O-zone penalty with 5 minutes left up a goal in game 1. Or telling Wilson to garner more roughing penalties than one can imagine and then miss an open net in OT.
It's different guys all the time but I don't buy the "no built to win" crap. The Pens do it with guys they bring up with no pedigree whatsoever who shine in the playoffs. They are just such better hockey people than we are? I don't see it.
ArJunaZ:
--- Quote from: RavenCp on Sunday April 15, 2018, 11:20:16 PM Eastern ---I think we'll win next two games!:)
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I think if we play with as much heart as we mustered today for the next two games we can do it. We outplayed them so far. We missed so many opportunities to score and we had too many DUMB penalties. A few minor tweaks and patience we can come back here on serve.
ArJunaZ:
--- Quote from: Devise on Sunday April 15, 2018, 11:28:05 PM Eastern ---
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LMAO !!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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