Kent Nilsson, Selanne, Valeri Bure, Joe Thorton, Khristich....
There was a study / thread started by BM67 sometime between mid 2008 and late 2009 to investigate this cliched statement. Bottom line: Dionne's Kings teams never got anywhere in the playoffs, but the Triple Crown line is hardly to blame. Anyone who wants to believe that Marcel Dionne was a "bad playoff performer" should read it; BM67 is one of the best members on these boards and he will probably change your mind.This thread screams Dionne
There was a study / thread started by BM67 sometime between mid 2008 and late 2009 to investigate this cliched statement. Bottom line: Dionne's Kings teams never got anywhere in the playoffs, but the Triple Crown line is hardly to blame. Anyone who wants to believe that Marcel Dionne was a "bad playoff performer" should read it; BM67 is one of the best members on these boards and he will probably change your mind.
There was a study / thread started by BM67 sometime between mid 2008 and late 2009 to investigate this cliched statement. Bottom line: Dionne's Kings teams never got anywhere in the playoffs, but the Triple Crown line is hardly to blame. Anyone who wants to believe that Marcel Dionne was a "bad playoff performer" should read it; BM67 is one of the best members on these boards and he will probably change your mind.
Kent Nilsson, Teemu Selanne, Marcel Dionne, Alexei Yashin and Joe Thornton, off the top of my head, suffer some of the most precipitous drops in points per game from the regular season to the playoffs.
(LOL, study fight)
In his prime years from 1992-2000, Selanne scored 13 goals in those 21 games, which is a 50+ goal pace. What brings down his career playoff totals is 2000-04, where he went through a downturn in his career. He then picked up his play after the lockout and was Anaheim's best forward in the '06 playoffs and later in '07 put up a respectable 15 points at age 37 during the Cup run.
The Sedins and Mike Green are also terrible playoffs performers
In comparison to his regular season play, Dionne was a bad playoff performer. Was he a bad player in the playoffs, no. But in comparison to his regular season exploits, he was a far lesser player. A good more modern comparision would be Joe Thornton.
Datsyuk before the 2007 playoffs. He once went 42 playoffs games without a goal.
Pierre Turgeon
Keith Tkachuk
Pavol Demitra
Pronger pre-Oilers
All are guys I thought should've been much better in the playoffs than they were. Pronger turned it around of course, but guys like Tkachuk and Demitra have continued to disappoint in the playoffs after that Blues team got broken up.
As for Selanne, I think Andy MacDonald, Pahlsson, and Getzlaf were all more crucial than him. But for a guy in his late 30's being the fourth most important forward on a cup winner is hardly a disgrace.
The Sedins and Mike Green are also terrible playoffs performers
Datsyuk before the 2007 playoffs. He once went 42 playoffs games without a goal.
That's not true. Check his stats.
42 games without a goal sounds like something Keith Primeau did.
Keith Primeau - one of the biggest playoff chokers in history until he was transformed into a playoff hero very late in his career.