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Originally Posted by dirk diggler
this has been a weird playoff year, so many games where teams come out and get 5 or so shots a period and mail it in. I thought the Vancouver performance in games 6 & 7 were beyond pathetic until the last 2 games by the Panthers. one was a 0 minute effort and the other a 30 minute effort when the cup is there for the taking.
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It’s not a matter of effort. By this point in the season, the players are running on fumes. Their endurance and recovery is way lower than it was at the beginning of the playoffs. One of the reasons it’s so hard to repeat as cup champions in the NHL is the players’ bodies break down so much over a long playoff run that they haven’t fully recovered when the season starts again 4 months later.