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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Yup.
Goaltending can trump everything else when it's above a certain level.
If Bob was average through these playoffs, we're probably not watching the Panthers playing right now. They aren't Vegas.
Feels like Maurice is just along for this ride behind Bob too. This isn't a result of genius coaching either, although he's probably preaching the right things.
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They probably shouldn't have made it past game 5 to be honest...it was a 3-1 series and in that game they were dominated
Outshot: 47-25
Outchanced: 18-7
xGF: 4.32 - 2.07
But won 4-3.
Honestly that game goes the way you'd have expected it to go 99% of the time and they lose in 5 and all this talk about Tkachuk and Bobrovsky being the heroes is a moot point.
It really goes to show how fine of a line there is between success and failure in the playoffs...and how much teams can overreact to what is sometimes just good or bad luck in small samples sizes come playoff time.