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Originally Posted by Bingo
Yeah I just don't like this team.
I don't feel that they play all that well even when they win (emotional games aside like Saturday). Something is just missing.
They have the skill to come back, and the skill to win some games that they shouldn't, but they just don't seem to have the mettle to bring consistent results game in and game out (realizing that no team can be "on" every evening).
Is that an NHL wide phenomenon though? Parity and a cap certainly levels the playing field, and maybe each fan base has to be less myopic in how they view their teams.
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I agree. I wouldn't go as far as to say I don't like the team, but there is definitely something missing. For me, it's about being tough to play against - not big, or physical, or anything like that, just tough to play against: Good defensively, strong effort, strong on pucks, win board battles, go to the front of the net. Those kinds of things.
Parity is definitely a part of it. Pretty much every team struggles with consistency, because there is so little to choose between teams. Hell, I think most of us agreed that Vegas has one of the best work ethics in the league, on a nightly basis. And yet, they just canned their coach too - presumably over consistency issues.
I have always been a big supporter of the cap and of parity. But is there
too much parity?