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playoffs!!!
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: zerofox on Friday April 19, 2019, 11:49:58 PM Eastern ---
Bura only showed up before the trade deadline long enough to convince GMBM to keep him around and only played "well enough" for a limited time. I wanted Bura gone a long time ago. I knew he was going to find a spark only to let it die off again eventually. If the guy only cost $1 million or less I'd say fuck it doesn't hurt to keep him as a depth guy, but he's getting paid more than he should. His contract is looking like Brooks Laich's or Martin Erat's
And yeah we're out worked and out coached. I wish we had gotten rid of Total Retard (TR) the moment Coach Q was made available. We spend so much on top notch players but cheap out on the coaching staff...
Seems like one Cup was enough for Ted and the Caps. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy as hell about that Cup and that's something that will never get taken away from us. But fuck I want some more. Our "window" to win Cups again won't open until Total Retard is fired
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Damn right!!! 👍
DC_1908:
Avs take out Flames 5-1. Thee two number one seeds out in the first round with a combined record of 1-8.
Pavel095:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Saturday April 20, 2019, 07:53:17 AM Eastern ---Avs take out Flames 5-1. Thee two number one seeds out in the first round with a combined record of 1-8.
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Just Absolutely stunning!
And now Is the question- what was the real reason for TB,Calgary to play well whole regular season, win it at the end of the day and then be eventually eliminated so easily by 8 teams..
To me, it shows that any team in league starts playing differently once the playoffs begin and the overall results could be unpredictable. It’s good for league, however I don’t like it as many teams just start showing their real potential in playoffs.
zerofox:
--- Quote from: Pavel095 on Saturday April 20, 2019, 08:13:06 AM Eastern ---
Just Absolutely stunning!
And now Is the question- what was the real reason for TB,Calgary to play well whole regular season, win it at the end of the day and then be eventually eliminated so easily by 8 teams..
To me, it shows that any team in league starts playing differently once the playoffs begin and the overall results could be unpredictable. It’s good for league, however I don’t like it as many teams just start showing their real potential in playoffs.
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There definitely is "regular season hockey" and "playoff hockey."
Under these circumstances, normally I'd say "wow the playoffs are wide open and the Caps could win with some of their biggest threats out of the way." But nope. Caps will more than likely fall to Carolina, and even if they make it past this round, Isles and CBJ stand in their way as "playing the right way / playing with heart and soul."
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: Pavel095 on Saturday April 20, 2019, 08:13:06 AM Eastern ---
Just Absolutely stunning!
And now Is the question- what was the real reason for TB,Calgary to play well whole regular season, win it at the end of the day and then be eventually eliminated so easily by 8 teams..
To me, it shows that any team in league starts playing differently once the playoffs begin and the overall results could be unpredictable. It’s good for league, however I don’t like it as many teams just start showing their real potential in playoffs.
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I’m not that familiar with Colorado, but in the East, the primary factors where strength/conditioning coaching/style and “confidence”.
TBL had no forwards over 6’1”, and with the exception of Corbon and the guy Willie KOd, next to no physicality on D. Trots was able to continually send out bigger, stronger, players, to out hit, hustle, gut, and work them which wore them down.
TBL also won 62 games. We have seen the Caps tear through the regular season and over look the eight seed. This level of success tends to, not always, lead to a large amount if reluctantly to change what they’ve been doing, and the willingness/ability to do it. This reluctantly makes them predictable which becomes an advantage to the other team, as Torts did.
As zero said: playoffs vs regular season. In this case, regular season gave CBJ a huge advantage
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