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Originally Posted by savardandjokinen
I still consider the team young. Obviously some older guys, but that was Hanifins, Anderssons, Jankowskis, Lindholms, Mangiapanes, Hathaway’s, Ryan’s, Valimakis first playoffs, and you got other guys like Tkachuk etc where you can hardly consider 2017 any playoff experience.
I understand Monahan wasn’t good enough in the playoffs, at all. I really don’t think we can write him off yet though, I still believe he can be a clutch guy in the future
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The only top player with no playoff experience was Lindholm, and he was the best of the three.
Hanifin was arguably the best Flames D in the whole series. He's a stud, and we're incredibly fortunate Treliving was able to upgrade Hamilton into Hanifin.
Jankowski was a dud, but everyone else brought it. 3M was good at points, but they got overwhelmed by MacKinnon.
The goaltending was good enough to win. No two ways about it.
This playoff failure falls at the feet of Gaudreau and Monahan.
This series also tells me Tkachuk's number should start with a 6, not an 8. He doesn't deserve to make more than Gaudreau.