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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
The biggest thing that went wrong is that several key players did not take the next step, including Johnny and Monahan, leaving the club with best players that are consistently outplayed by the other team's best players.
To me that's the biggest factor, coupled with Sam not becoming an impact player, that has wrecked this edition of the club and why some sort of reset needs to happen.
The closest similar situation is the Flyers realizing that Carter/Richards weren't going to lead them to a cup. So they moved on and moved them.
That's what I think needs to happen here.
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But its not like they've never performed well at the NHL level, there was a time they were highly effective if not dominant as top line players. What happened? It's like they never mentally recovered from the Colorado series. It's really strange to see the top 2 players fall of a cliff like they have.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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