[Dr. Doom]

Monahan - he must have been hurt no?
See a lot of bashing and trade talk but I don't think he's this soft and invisible.
He also got the most rest leading to playoffs.
If he wasn't very limited playing hurt I'll by very surprised.

I think this screwed up Gaudreau and put even more pressure on him to perform. Proving he's too small and needs to work on his conditioning even despite playing so many minutes he was visibly gassed and shaken.

Gio - is it just me or was he not the same since almost breaking Connor's leg. All of that weird apologetic talk in the media I think he lost his edge and he lost his mojo with the rest of the team being captain as well. That and his age may have finally caught up with him in the playoffs.

Tkachuk was shell shocked by the playoffs and Avs. No rough stuff or getting under anyone's skin. Inexperience here IMO...

Our Carolina guys were soft as hell. Lindholm bounced off of opposing players going at full speed. Not for a lack of effort but he's small and should be traded on a high...

Overall rest strategy going in really made things worse.

Was there something else that happened on or off the ice after the all Star break? Be interesting to know