A lot of people can criticize Pekka Rinne for being bad in this series. The fact is, the Jets are that much better when they needed to win. Nothing to do with Rinne not making the saves. People like to make goaltending out to be the Pinnacle or a necessity for winning games, but it's the offence, the defence, and everyone playing as a unit that makes a team win.
If you've watched the Vegas Knights play, you'll know what i mean. There was only one game in the playoffs where the Vegas Knights didn't play as a team and they got shut out. They looked like a true expansion team. Nothing to do with Fleury playing bad. The whole team sucked.
With the Jets-Preds series, the Preds literally hit a brick wall on odd numbered games and the series ran out for them. You can put in any world class goalie in the Preds lineup and it'll likely end up with the same result.
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