Kreider and Zibby playing so well while caps trying to shutdown Panarin line is HUGE….
This team will not get far if you don’t have 2 legitimate scoring line and a bottom 6 that contributes( which they have been).
Like I said before, even our young guys now are playoff battle tested from ECF trip/long series, and a disappointment losing to those schmucks across the river…. That experience is invaluable for Laf/miller/schneider/kakko/shesty/fox/lindgren etc etc. Cuylle/rempe are getting their baptism this season.
It doesn’t work without both. You need to learn from success and failure….
Zibby and kreids feel like they have been in the playoffs for forever at this point.
Goodrow is a proven winner and is stepping up showing the kids what you do in the postseason.
Trocheck coming up huge and leading by example,etc
There are so many separate story lines going on( in a good way).
Panarin and Fox will get going. They are too good not to, and they have delivered all season.
The most important thing kind of flying under the radar is that Zibby and Kreider have checked in and are ready to go to work