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Originally Posted by bubbsy
It's not even an issue with their compete level.
This team's top forwards aren't showing the ability to fight through tough playoff type tight checking, physical hockey.
Their frustration is showing, resulting in puck decisions we haven't seen all year, which are causing odd man rushes against.
If the sharks win tonight and Saturday, and the flames lose to the knights on sund6, i don't see the mental fortitude in this group to chase down the division from the sharks.
Ugh... Such a fun season only to see them showing a trajectory of whimpering into the playoffs.
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Not to overreact, and it's a question for when the time comes, but if this team does fully collapse and limp into the playoffs, that leads to yet another earlier dismissal, it does bring the question if the core is capable of handling playoff hockey?
Same point last year that the team fell off a cliff. And the year before that, couldn't even win one playoff game.
This is when games become tighter and gritter, and space and lanes are tougher to come by. Team has shown they're not able to handle it at this point.