MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
"Games 6 and 7".
This is still a real issue apart from everything else.
Maybe it is, but I never see the analysis include opposition top players and when I look into it myself, I don't see good teams get whomped by opposition star players very often.
Shit, if you look at our only game 6 or 7 last year only Matthews and Tavares scored in game 6 of the Tampa series. In the most important games of the Florida series, Rielly and Nylander scored our only goals in game 5 (OT loss to end the season). In the 2-1 win to force game 5 we won 2-1 and got goals from Nylander and Marner. The previous season in games 6-7, Matthews had 2 points, Tavares 2 points, Nylander 2 points, Marner 1 point, Rielly 1 point. So a combined 8 points. The rest of the team combined for 4 points tota over games 6-7.
It's not the "real issue" it's made out to be and is massively exacerbated by exactly what we appear to be doing again. We always need more grit, more snot, more physicality and then wonder why the offence dries up when they games get tight. If your best guys chip in 2 goals in an elimination game, you should fucking win that game because they other 15 guys on the roster should also do things other than be physical and snotty.