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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
I don't think it is bizarre at all. The teams didn't pass on him because of his talent. They passed on him because he was soft .
Thia was a prime example this series how a larger physical team can shut him down. Not the firt big team to do so either. The blues also managed to do this many times over the last few years. The freaking oilers thos year even figured ot out thia year to hit him hard and often.
Not that bizarre to figure this out as a fan.
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As entertaining as Johnny is, and as much as I love watching him dangle, I have to agree with this. The regular seasons are getting softer and softer, but playoff hockey is still heavy and physical. Guys like St. Louis and Fleury were built like little brick poop houses. They were small, but dense, solid, and hard to knock off their feet. Johnny is small, and slight. Once he's smothered, he just doesn't have any power or strength to do anything. It sucks, but it's reality. He isn't built for playoff hockey. He uses boys sticks with the same flex 12 year olds use for gods sake.
Unless he can get strong, dense and explosive, this playoff dissapearing act will be the norm.