The issue with this team always seemed to be their poor ability to deal with adversity. They were mentally weak and you could see them give up.
Now, it looks like that's not even on their minds. Every shift is simple. Get out there, work hard, fill your role, get off the ice. They are playing like they have no mental weaknesses. Failure or winning isn't in their minds, just winning that battle, making that turn over, etc.... When a player has gotten cold, there's another one there to take over.
The worst they looked was against a team like Dallas. Who are experts at stifling other teams offensively. They may run into a team like that in the playoffs, but it's hard for me to even picture a first round loss with this team.
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