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Originally Posted by IrishSpring2013
...The point was simply that the "he's not a winner" line is always true.. until it isn't. It's a lazy line used by fans and media. It was used as a criticism against Phil Kessel until he won and it was 100%, it was used against Ovechkin and it was used against Ryan O'Reily in Buffalo and early in St Louis until that team went turbo and turned it around...
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For years, Pavel Datsyuk was too soft and not tenacious enough to succeed in the playoffs. The book on him was that he was a terrific regular-season performer who could not raise his game to another level when time and space disappeared, and the checking got more relentless. And then, 2006 happened. He turned 28-years-old and flipped a switch. He became a dominant post-season player and helped to lead his team to a Stanley Cup the following year.
There is no formula for when the switch flips.