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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The Stars have the same problem as the Leafs - core players who produce in the regular season but disappear in big games in the playoffs. With the Leafs it’s Matthews and Marner. With the Stars it’s Robertson (20 pts in 29 games in the last two playoffs), Duchene (12 pts in 36 games), and Hintz (19 pts in 31 games). Their best big-moment player was Pavelski, and they miss his clutch scoring.
More data points in the playoffs being a different style of hockey that some players struggle to adapt to more than others.
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We forget just how clutch Pavelski was for the Stars. I suppose Rantanen could be that guy but he's not been nearly as consistent. It just goes to show that to win a cup you need guys that are clutch in the postseason as there are just so many players that are good enough to light it up in the regular season but not good enough to break through the grind of the playoffs.