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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
I think you write some of that stuff off to playing in the bubble. Without home crowds to give teams that extra surge to come back, players have to entirely manufacture their own emotion.
Couple that with the knowledge that once you’re done, it’s back to the hotel room with your Frasier re runs, and little to no opportunity to capitalize on the celebrity that usually comes with a deep playoff run, and you’ve got teams that are easily demoralized once they’re down.
I dunno, maybe I’m just talking nonsense, but I certainly wouldn’t worry about dead puck era comparisons just yet - they didn’t even play a full season and still had 17 PPG players and nine guys with 80+.
That’s a far cry from Jamie Benn winning the Art Ross with 89 points a few years back.
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Fair. There is plenty of scoring in the regular season, but it seems like the playoffs have turned into a nightly defensive grind. Not the most entertaining thing from a fan perspective...
If it is a Stars-Bolts final, we obviously cheer for the Stars, and I think they have a solid chance grinding out four 2-1 wins by playing the way they've been playing (and obviously Khudobin has to keep playing well).