I think it hurts so much because we've all seen it before... lots.
But also the fact that we should have won game 2 being up 3-1 there's no excuse to blow that.
Game 3, sure you give it to Edmonton.
But last night this team deserved the win after the comeback, but Edmonton played like they wanted it more and got the W.
So what SHOULD be 3-1 Cgy series lead is now 3-1 EDM and our best players are not playing their best so the already low % chance to come back feels even lower. Last night we should have seen a bunch of players giving everything they had in a do or die killer instinct game and we didn't.
Where do they go? Why are we not taking command of the game?
This team just continually feels mentally fragile, scared, and too many players seemingly disappear EVERY YEAR we make the playoffs.
Why is that? In the Dallas series we ran into a hot goalie but still found a way to win on the back of Markstrom playing up to his potential.
Now vs EDM he's lost all confidence, he's rattled and his numbers against them all year have been abysmal.
All our secondary scoring is gone, outside of Backlund nobody is playing great at all and our top line is not playing like the best line in the NHL all season long.
I'm honestly confused/concerned yet again.
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