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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Yeah that's actually exactly what I would want to see from a captain if his team wasn't good enough in a SCF game. I think the biggest mistake some players can make is thinking they will get another chance when they are that close. For a lot of players, their first appearance in the finals can end up as their lone opportunity to win a cup and you have to leave it all out there. I think Oilers and their fans may find that out the hard way as I don't think the stars will align for them in the playoffs as they did this season.
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As soon as game 7 ended, they fans, media and player had penciled in a 55 win season and gliding back to the Finals next season.
Even when the series was 3-0, all I was readying was Gretzky made it back after being swept. Gretzky was also 22, and didn't have the oldest team in the league.