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Playoff GDT | ECF | Game #4 | 5/27/26 8PM EST (Canes vs Habs)

CH1 said:
sure.. but you need to find better actors than Flo and Beck

our stars are playing dumb and the bottom line for me is that the Habs aren't playing nearly smart enough to overcome these well organized Canes (who also steamrolled the Sens and Flyers)
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Your going nowhere when your stars produce squat 5/5 in the playoffs

Our bottom 6 and Dobes carried us , can’t ask anymore from our role players

This is all on our top line who got stifled and defensively are terrible.

93 gets a mulligan as he is a kid who never played this much and physically isn’t ready

Your top lines generally offset each other and your bottom 6 support players are the difference to a cup

The frustration for me is the conference isn’t great and our support players massively exceeded expectations

We only needed 75% of our top line production to punch our ticket to the finals
 
Rolex said:
our cap situation is insanely good.....so yes, i also love our odds
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We are in good shape but for me our top line is on the playoff watch clock right now

Last year was our probation period and learning experience

This year they were our worst players based on expectations vs actual performance

For me this has to change starting next year , I am not waiting for many years like the Leafs when their stars failed to produce

and showed no will and sacrifice to win .

I don’t mind losing but your core can’t be invisible especially 20 and 13 . Lose going out in a hard fought battle not looking like spineless butterflies.

Team is in great shape with prospects , cap , and a potential 1G but this is a great learning example of the grind and sacrifice required to win
 
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As I suspected earlier this year, MSL was the perfect guy to help the team grow but we need the experienced coach now to push the team over the top
 
Habsy said:
You’re picking on one guy here. I named 4. I put Flojack in for Veleno.
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That's definitely the top move I'd like to see. He's just crazy enough to not know to be scared.

Of course, we all know that Florian won't carry the team to victory on his own. But he can bring some much needed energy... and that shit can be contagious. And unlike Veleno, he does have some ability to pop a goal.

What we are doing now just is not working. Period.
 
GEEMAN said:
We are in good shape but for me our top line is on the playoff watch clock right now

Last year was our probation period and learning experience
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That is the big negative. Our top line, far from carrying us, can't seem to win even one shift a game. Their excellence during the regular season feels very far away.
 
CH1 said:
That is the big negative. Our top line, far from carrying us, can't seem to win even one shift a game. Their excellence during the regular season feels very far away.
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Yup, terrible in every aspect ...no pace , will, or shot creation

Nick C+ , 20 and 13 D Grades
 
CH1 said:
I'm less worried about Demi. Unlike our top guys, he was constantly close to having a big impact. He'll get there eventually.
He and Lane will be the ones who carry us.

And Nick Ehlers agrees


View: https://x.com/ericengels/status/2059681191779864907?s=12&t=ZFoeJpONFeL00lgZvCrr2Q
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Demi has never played this amount of hockey in a season and is physically not ready for the playoff grind

He gets a mulligan , anything you get is a bonus

Lane is exhausted and forwards are finishing their checks on that small frame
 
Disappointed as I am I’m not down. We were flawed defensively all year. Things went our way for a couple even though we weren’t great. Proud of what we accomplished and hoping for more next year.
 
Rolex said:
really ?

Tell that to Wild, Stars, Avs.....Tampa, Sabres, Habs

So you think Canes having 2 weeks off is bullshit.....cool cool
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Canes had a path the finals as easy as your going to get rest or no rest

The reel test is Vegas who I expect to sweep them
 
CH1 said:
sure.. but you need to find better actors than Flo and Beck

our stars are playing dumb and the bottom line for me is that the Habs aren't playing nearly smart enough to overcome these well organized Canes (who also steamrolled the Sens and Flyers)
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When you have to rely on Danault, Bolduc or Dach to score because you lack second line depth, you know that you're in trouble.
 
CH1 said:
I don't think so, but if we do win tomorrow, the series will go to 7
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The thought of Dundon and the Whalers one upping us makes me puke.

It just feels so much like 2010 and 2021 where we were destroyed in game 4 at home. One must always have hope.
 
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