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Originally Posted by ricardodw
You could make an argument for Cammalleri over Bourque as Cammalleri did have a great playoff year.....
BUT Penner has 30 points in 60 playoff games and 2 Stanley cup rings.
Stempniak has totally disappeared in his 11 playoff games with 2 assists. Stempniak was THE scoring leader for Phx going into the playoffs and totally disappeared..... That was a big reason the Yotes gave him away and took langkow off the Flames salary cap.
I would venture to say that Penner gets far more motivated and plays at a higher level in important games and Stempniak is the one that does not step up... or just is unable to.
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I don't particularly like to look at playoff performances for individual players in isolation. This works for players who consistently have success in the post season, while for the vast majority of NHLers who play regularly in the playoffs, they will quite often show a mix of results ranging terrific performances to poor ones. The Sedins have had some very good playoff years and some very poor ones. Datsyuk was once considered a poor playoff performer before becoming a regular contender for the Conn Smythe. Penner was invisible in his first playoff showing, and Brad Marchand went from playoff hero to a no-show.
There is not nearly enough evidence from Cammalleri, Penner, or Stempniak to make a determination of their relative value based on their playoff histories.