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ECF Game 4: Hurricanes vs Bruins 5/16, 8PM, NBCS. Win or The End.

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Just now, lightsout said:

Unfortunate. Need to use this series as a learning opportunity for the youth. You know what it takes to get here, now learn what it takes to make it all the way. This is an overachieving team and we all knew it back mid-April. The fact that they among the top 2 teams in the East at this point is impressive considering the first three months of the season.

 

Gonna be an interesting off-season to see who stays and who goes. A lot of movement with only the young core being valued highly, I'm thinking. If you're not playing top 9 minutes, you're either replaceable or you better be damn good at generating pressure.

Here's the thing. This team caught lightening in a bottle. I'm not so sure we have the pieces to make this run again next year. Or to make the Playoffs. Unless Andrei makes a Crosby like jump (doubtful). 

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2 minutes ago, JakeDel5674 said:

Here's the thing. This team caught lightening in a bottle. I'm not so sure we have the pieces to make this run again next year. Or to make the Playoffs. Unless Andrei makes a Crosby like jump (doubtful). 

 

I don't think that at all. Even the first few months we didn't look like a bad hockey team, we just had an issue with consistency throughout games. We found that consistency and really started generating good chemistry and started winning those tight games we routinely lost in the start of the season.

We will make the playoffs next year. Andrei is going to be great and I think an off-season to reflect and work on his puck skills a tad more will make him a force (he's already showing proficiency at making power moves towards the net, just not finishing them enough). 

This is not just dumb luck. This team has been good since October but couldn't put it together until later in the year. This series is not indicative of this team's skill level. The fact that they're in the ECF is.

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13 minutes ago, lightsout said:

 

I don't think that at all. Even the first few months we didn't look like a bad hockey team, we just had an issue with consistency throughout games. We found that consistency and really started generating good chemistry and started winning those tight games we routinely lost in the start of the season.

We will make the playoffs next year. Andrei is going to be great and I think an off-season to reflect and work on his puck skills a tad more will make him a force (he's already showing proficiency at making power moves towards the net, just not finishing them enough). 

This is not just dumb luck. This team has been good since October but couldn't put it together until later in the year. This series is not indicative of this team's skill level. The fact that they're in the ECF is.

I hope you're right. But, I just don't see it. Aho fell the fug off the second half of the season. I want Andrei to be Crosby 2.0 so bad. 

Dougie Hamilton can't be depended on, and Justin Williams might retire. It's going to be an interesting offseason. I'm hoping Dundon gets the checkbook out.

I want Turbo to take a step too. Just worried man. This team's young, but we've been young numerous times before. 

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2 minutes ago, JakeDel5674 said:

I hope you're right. But, I just don't see it. Aho fell the fug off the second half of the season. I want Andrei to be Crosby 2.0 so bad. 

Dougie Hamilton can't be depended on, and Justin Williams might retire. It's going to be an interesting offseason. I'm hoping Dundon gets the checkbook out.

I want Turbo to take a step too. Just worried man. This team's young, but we've been young numerous times before. 

 

Dougie played out of his mind with us. Not sure how he's unreliable. 

Williams is likely done. Aho just seemed to be overthinking late in the year. Turbo seems to be taking the next step as of these playoffs. He played well all night but the whole team was frantic and unable to settle pucks most of the night.

 

Don't worry. This team is in good hands and will be fine moving forward. 

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Man, I cant even be mad.  They were just that much better than us.  The talent discrepancy was obvious from the get-go in this series.  Rask was fuging ridiculous and it just felt like they were bigger, faster, stronger, and better skilled than us.  

All that being said, this was a great season and a springboard for the future.

Oh, and fug Boston/New England.

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1 minute ago, Proudiddy said:

Man, I cant even be mad.  They were just that much better than us.  The talent discrepancy was obvious from the get-go in this series.  Rask was fuging ridiculous and it just felt like they were bigger, faster, stronger, and better skilled than us.  

All that being said, this was a great season and a springboard for the future.

Oh, and fug Boston/New England.

I don't think they were better. We lost all the momentum on the off days. As I stated in the previous series thread. 

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2 minutes ago, JakeDel5674 said:

I don't think they were better. We lost all the momentum on the off days. As I stated in the previous series thread. 

I definitely think that played a role, and I think we couldve scrapped out the series if the refs wouldn't have flattened our mojo in game 1, but once they got going it just felt like we were at their mercy.  They were seemingly everywhere. 

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3 minutes ago, lightsout said:

 

Dougie played out of his mind with us. Not sure how he's unreliable. 

Williams is likely done. Aho just seemed to be overthinking late in the year. Turbo seems to be taking the next step as of these playoffs. He played well all night but the whole team was frantic and unable to settle pucks most of the night.

 

Don't worry. This team is in good hands and will be fine moving forward. 

He was garbage after game 4 of the Washington Series, Dougie was. 

Again, I don't see it. I hope they prove me wrong and we jolt up the standings. Incredible showing by the fans though. fug this sucks. 

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