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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Again how can they be unlucky if they haven't lost any major contributors to injury? I don't think this team is snake bitten at all. They just don't play with a lot of confidence. They don't come out in the first period ready to go out and win games as they are usually tied or behind to start the 2nd period. Even the worst team in the league has held more 1st period leads. It's simply a fragile team that doesn't have a lot of confidence. When's the last time this team just dominated a team and blew them out? It's been weeks since they have won a game that wasn't close as they have to fight tooth and nail just to get to overtime. It seems like everything including the simple things for this team is a monumental challenge.
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They’re definitely snake bitten. We’ve had great 1st periods in recent times and we’ve either hit posts or have been robbed by goaltenders. They’ve looked pretty confident to me outplaying most of their opponents, but they’re not burying on the critical chances they have had. That’s not the coach’s problem, that’s a personnel issue. Brad Treliving even said in the off-season that scoring enough goals wil keep him up at night. Maybe this is just a team filled with individuals that need more than the average amount of chances just to bury one. That’s very possible.
The best snipers in the league get paid to finish on the chances that they get, that’s the difference between them and other average top line players. They don’t need a ton of chances to bury one. We could stand to find more of these guys.