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The playoffs hinge on 3 factors. Wideman, Russell and Ortio.

First we need a goalie that only gets beat by nearly unstoppable shots. Ramo and Hiller regularly give up 1 or 2 easy goals a night.

Russell and Wideman need to play the best in their careers. There can't be any slack from these two because the forward core is kind of weak.

Those 3 kill it and we're in. Any one of the 3 doesn't play lights out we don't make it. It's getting beat regularly due to amateur mistakes that keeps us out. The game is so tight now the game hinges on 10 second segments with 2 or 3 mistakes. Take the passer on 2 on 1s, dont get beat 2 on 2, make sure no bad angle shots with no screens ever go in, don't miss hip checks, don't slide across the ice wildly in 2 on 2s (it panics the goalie).