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Originally Posted by timbit
Care to explain how that happened?
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They lost confidence.
This bled into every aspect of their game. The
Officiating was a joke, but it reinvigorated the mental fragility they frequently displayed under Gulutzan.
Without confidence as a team they lost trust in each other and they were no longer able to take the play at the Avs & get them on their heals with physicality, with skill, with speed, or with puck possession, but most of all, they were unable to execute & convert scoring chances, then then got discouraged.
Hopefully they learned about the attention to detail required in the playoffs and something about resilience and the ability to overcome adversity.