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RavenCp:
--- Quote from: DC_1908 on Saturday April 20, 2019, 09:54:56 AM Eastern ---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.
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TB had so many deep playoffs tuns in the last five years. This is one a rare year when they were eliminated in the first round. It is decently one of the top playoff team in the East. They were competing with Pens when lost Stamkos. I'm not sure what happened to them this year, but something got broken, may be more psychologically.
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: zerofox on Saturday April 20, 2019, 12:31:26 PM Eastern ---
That's insane that NYI has $10 million in space...talk about good management/coaching. If only we had a coach who had experience coaching above mites level hockey prior to coaching the Caps...
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That’s mostly due to Taveres, LL was more than likely ok with the cap space than Taveres.
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: RavenCp on Saturday April 20, 2019, 12:48:11 PM Eastern ---
TB had so many deep playoffs tuns in the last five years. This is one a rare year when they were eliminated in the first round. It is decently one of the top playoff team in the East. They were competing with Pens when lost Stamkos. I'm not sure what happened to them this year, but something got broken, may be more psychologically.
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Psychological it would be over-confidence and being intimated . What happened was not many system changes, the new GM not correcting how the Caps beat them, (playing more physical then they could), and CBJ watching what The Caps did to beat therm.
Bottom line is they where just to small.
Pavel095:
--- Quote from: RavenCp on Saturday April 20, 2019, 12:48:11 PM Eastern ---
TB had so many deep playoffs tuns in the last five years. This is one a rare year when they were eliminated in the first round. It is decently one of the top playoff team in the East. They were competing with Pens when lost Stamkos. I'm not sure what happened to them this year, but something got broken, may be more psychologically.
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I think the main factor was that TB didn’t expect such performance and urgency from CBJ based on regular season matchups and once TB realized that they must to change something in order to win at least one game ,it was already too late..
That’s what I’m saying that regular season result means nothing once the playoffs start, but TB expected to take it easy.
RavenCp:
--- Quote from: Pavel095 on Saturday April 20, 2019, 02:10:20 PM Eastern ---
I think the main factor was that TB didn’t expect such performance and urgency from CBJ based on regular season matchups and once TB realized that they must to change something in order to win at least one game ,it was already too late..
That’s what I’m saying that regular season result means nothing once the playoffs start, but TB expected to take it easy.
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I disagree that regular season is just nothing, although playoff games are more intense. Good coach can deploy better strategy and make better adjustments. Two strongest team can meet in the first round. Also regular season is averaged 82 games, team can lose key players at the end of the season, loose a bit. NHL teams also very close to each other, compare to NBA for example. May games decided overtime etc.
For TB loosing Headman was a big thing, but their coaching staff seems lost.
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