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Originally Posted by puckluck2
Ovechkin was playing with a fractured foot.
I think sometimes we are too tough on players in the playoffs. So many players who look off are sometimes injured and gutting it out.
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If you're an exclusively offensive player and cant produce because you're injured, you're not getting any brownie points. Get off the ice.
Look at that pathetic effort to backcheck by AO. He has a fractured foot? Great, put out someone who doesnt and can backcheck. That cost them the game. Series went to 7 and they lost.
Sometimes 'gutting it out' is the wrong decision. By both player and coach.