your team's biggest concern heading into playoffs

[The Duck Knight]

For Vegas it's 5on5 scoring. Both Hertl and Eichel are banged up going in and 5on5 scoring has not been great since the first 20 games of the season. By and large they've gotten by just being lethal on the PP. Not a great recipe for playoff success.

 

[Mike Liut]

The health of Parayko and Holloway. We aren’t going anywhere without those two.

 

[Canadienna]

Not making the playoffs

 

[Hale The Villain]

The Sens PK has been the worst in the league at giving up scoring chances.

Also Travis Green's pets Gaudette and Highmore are absolutely awful players and the Sens 4th line will get caved in if he keeps refusing to look at alternatives.

 

[SheldonJPlankton]

The leafs being so soft and weak on the puck that the sens play down to them

I don't see it. The Sens are too passionate for the Leafs. Sure, Ottawa might dumb-it-down a bit to save their energy for the second round but to sink to the Leaf level of softness and weakness...highly unlikely.

 

[Master P]

Jets fan.

luck and reffing and injury

Who is this Jets fan that you're afraid of?

 

[Shanahanigans]

Oilers….injuries. I’m not sure other fan bases know how many key injuries we currently have. Mcdavid just returned thankfully, but even with him back, our injured list is:

Draisaitl
Hyman
Ekholm
Walman
RNH
Frederic
Kane
Stu Skinner

I can’t remember the last time a playoff team had this many key guys injured. By some miracle we’re not getting blown out and we’re actually winning games. Huge concern heading into the playoffs though.

 

[Wolfpuck]

*gestures vaguely at everything

 

[57special]

After watching my Wild shit the bed against Calgary tonight, I don't have any worries. We'll lose in the 1st round, again.

 

[Heldig]

Not to crumble when the best players on the other teams pushes and asserts that they are the better players...

Helly
Connor
Scheifele
Morrissey
Lowry

Got to push back and push back ( we are better) , this is their time!!!!

Kind of my take, too.

The ghost of playoff failure. 4 of last 5 appearances they have lost - and the last 2 they lost badly.

 

[CycloneSweep]

Oilers….injuries. I’m not sure other fan babes know how many key injuries we currently have. Mcdavid just returned thankfully, but even with him back, our injured list is:

Draisaitl
Hyman
Ekholm
Walman
RNH
Frederic
Kane
Stu Skinner

I can’t remember the last time a playoff team had this many key guys injured. By some miracle we’re not getting blown out and we’re actually winning games. Huge concern heading into the playoffs though.

Before McDavid came back our lineup was below the salary cap.

 

[Hockeylife2018]

Oilers….injuries. I’m not sure other fan bases know how many key injuries we currently have. Mcdavid just returned thankfully, but even with him back, our injured list is:

Draisaitl
Hyman
Ekholm
Walman
RNH
Frederic
Kane
Stu Skinner

I can’t remember the last time a playoff team had this many key guys injured. By some miracle we’re not getting blown out and we’re actually winning games. Huge concern heading into the playoffs though.

When people say half my team is out...this really is
A full top 6
Top pair decence
"Starting" goalie

 

[Boyon90]

our goaltending is not worhty of my trust

 

[CatscratchFever]

Most games played in last 2 years. Will they be heathy enough or have enough energy to run this back one more time? Seems unlikely to impossible.

 

[Cowumbus]

Not being in the playoffs.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

As a Blues fan... forcing Holloway or Parayko back too fast. I'd rather shut them down for the playoffs if we're just going to be a early out and they aren't 100%. Their Long term health matters more than getting them into 4-7 games in the first round to possibly make their injuries even worse.

 

[T REX]

bolts? playing heavy...grit...sandpaper...not much on this version...we'll see

 

[Deno]

As a Jets fan I do not have any concerns. If the Jets play their A game in the POs they will win no matter who they play against. They are that good when they play to their potential.
They only issue I have for the Jets is will they play their A game throughout the PO's?

 

[SI90]

Cancun or Aruba.

- Islanders

 

[Shellz]

Not being little b’s.

 

[miscs75]

Which restaurants on Long Island they haven’t tried yet.

 

[miscs75]

Cancun or Aruba.

- Islanders

Meanwhile Duclair is in a dark room deep in his thoughts.

 

[MCR74]

I don't see it. The Sens are too passionate for the Leafs. Sure, Ottawa might dumb-it-down a bit to save their energy for the second round but to sink to the Leaf level of softness and weakness...highly unlikely.

LMAO! The Sens are so passionate, they finally made the playoffs after how many years?

 

[Power Surge]

Lightning: it's about execution. And facing Master Splinter of the Miami rats. (Marchand).

 

[Alexander the Gr8]

Caps fan:

1. Protas potentially unavailable for the start of the playoffs, LT is also uncertain.
2. A lot of players cooled down from their early season hot streaks (CMM, Chychrun most notably). I hope the Caps didn’t peak too early.
3. The Habs are better than their record shows. They were awful to start the season but they’ve really started clicking lately.