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Yes, and they are now in games that matter and they want to make a good first impression, etc. You would expect any player in a similar situation to play better.
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Was going through some stats this morning and came across Jeff Carter's 26 goal 2012-13 season where he only played in 48 games.
Shesh.
Shesh.
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Yah, and had Kopitar not played like utter dogshit that post-season, we may have 3 cups right now.
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Also worth noting that Mike Richards had a damn good performance that season as well and was nearly a point per game player in the playoffs. And then cheap shot from Bolland would give Richards yet another concussion.
Chicago vs LA were on a collision course. Brown definitely did not have his best playoffs that year either, but hard for me to point to the players as opposed to losing against a good Chicago team (this was their first year with Hossa I believe).
Maybe you should go back and rewatch the playoffs..
Kopitar didnt put up numbers but he literally shut down all the top lines.. Unless you think Teows and his 3 pts got the better of Kopi??
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Yeah, that one really seemed to take Mike down a few notches and he never really recovered from there.
Might have been the beginning of his medicating to deal with it too. or worsened the habit.
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That isn't your #1c's responsibility, it's a bonus. Kopitar did not play well in those playoffs.
And yes, Toews did get the better of Kopitar in that series. He won it and the Cup. That is the very definition of it.
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He came back too early and scored a goal in the last game of that series. Two concussions in a year, self medication, downward spiral.
No thats not the definition of it, the secondary players won that series for the Hawks. Not Teows, Hossa or Kane just like Kopitar, Carter, Doughty didnt lose it for the Kings.
Just so you understand, that was exactly his responsibility under Sutter. Grind it out, physically impose yourself and if possible score.. Their depth players outplayed ours and that was the difference.
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yup... Bickell was the difference in that series and he crushed us .. He set us 2 of those and had 7 pts in the series
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You can't lose Game 4 at home with Keith out of the lineup.
But yeah, the Bolland cheap shot was a real crusher. They weren't as good that year though without Mitchell and then concussions to Stoll and Richards in the playoffs. Muzzin wasn't Muzzin yet, either.
They could have lost to the Blues if Penner doesn't score one of the most ridiculous goals in playoff history with the blue line buzzer beater.
But yeah, the Bolland cheap shot was a real crusher. They weren't as good that year though without Mitchell and then concussions to Stoll and Richards in the playoffs. Muzzin wasn't Muzzin yet, either.
They could have lost to the Blues if Penner doesn't score one of the most ridiculous goals in playoff history with the blue line buzzer beater.
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You must of forgotten that all of our HF group was convinced he was injured...until he came out to the media after the series and said he wasn't. Not sure of anyone who wasn't shocked at that....
Some of the greatest playoff hockey of the past decade.. That 4 year stretch was the best I've seen since the 80s
I remember clearly... All of those series were literally one lucky bounce away from having new winners and losers
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He didnt, he just didnt score enough. big difference. Had that 70s line not played the way they did, we wont even be talking about this.
Sutter deployed Kopitar's line as a shutdown line versus Toews' line, while the 70s line was put in a position to exploit the Hawks 2nd line... and it worked.. what no one expected/saw coming was for Bryan Bickell to pace the Hawks that series as a 3rd liner.. The guy had 17 pts in that cup run and 7 pts for that series.
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The 70s line didn’t even exist in ‘13, Pearson credited with playing only one playoff game. See, it’s clear now that your memory is not serving you right....hence, you can’t remember how bad Kopitar was.
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