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Originally Posted by timbit
When you don’t go to the tough areas and aren’t mentally prepared to compete or overcome adversity, you mailed it in.
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Maybe. But not every player goes to the tough areas, doesn't mean all the ones who don't "mail it in."
All teams, even the Flames, come mentally prepared to compete. Just because they lost doesn't mean they weren't, and doesn't mean they "mailed it in."
And overcoming adversity can be as simple as a single bounce going your way. That's the difference between overcoming it, and succumbing to it. It really has nothing to do with "mailing it in."
We create silly narrative because we want the story. But hockey is a game, not a movie. No amount of cliche helps us better understand the game. You might as well say they didn't "give 110%."