Canes are literally what this fanbase has been coping with these last 3 games. A team that has nothing to play for. They’re almost a 100 point team, 1 point off. Were a sub 90 point team 1 off from having the same points as the habs, a rebuilding team with a negative goal differential.
The last 4 months of Devils hockey.
Jan 5-5-3
Feb 3-4-0
Before the injuries.
Mostly after injuries
March 8-7-1
April now 1-3
This team has had issues before the heart of the offense went down.
Canes are capable of flipping the switch and have done so over the last month. The devils haven’t shown that in 2 years and haven’t played good hockey in consecutive games in months.
Yes, the flaws we’ve seen in the last several months are why this team definitely looks like a team not going anywhere in the playoffs.
Our 5v5 offense doesn’t have the pop it needs.
We lack an elite top pair. I was most hopeful when Luke/Pesce looked like one for a while and a lot of that hope slipped away when then that stopped.
Another key ingredient for a contender is an elite shutdown pair, and again, at one point we had that too. Unfortunately Kovy fell to earth and then we lost Siegenthaler.
But none of that changes the fact that last stretch of games don’t mean shit.
There’s a buzzy high if your team wins them, and it’s very unpleasant when they don’t, but those are just feelings.
A teams’ success in the playoffs is historically unrelated to any last minute winning or losing streaks. It’s like putting stock in the regular season results vs a particular team, which is also meaningless.
I wish they won the last few games but that’s only because losing sucks and winning f***ing rules. The results of a couple games don’t mean anything other than games 78-80 were not enjoyable.
Florida had like a 3-10 stretch from March into April last year
Yeah, that happens quite a bit.
