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Originally Posted by HansH
That depends -- what do you consider "giving up the season"? Consensus here (except for the blue-sky crowd) appears to be that the team is a #7 playoff team and one-and-done. Is that "giving up the season" in your book because people aren't predicting a division win and/or a conference finals appearance? Also, I think people were loving the team they saw score 13 goals in three games... but we haven't seen THAT team arrive since. We've seen other people wearing the same sweaters.
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I've seen people go a lot more extreme than that. I see people who expect them to be at the bottom of the standings within a week. All I'm saying is every team has ups and downs. San Jose, for example, had an even ****tier week than us. It happens, but we still have two more full months of games and a lot can change.
They need to score more goals and hopefully they can address that with a trade for a winger. But I still think people are discounting the goaltending factor. I have seen so many teams carried through the playoffs with an amazing goaltender. I'd much rather be in that position than a position like the Flyers are in where they aren't sure which goalie will show up every game. Playoffs are crazy, you just need a few guys to turn it on at the right time and suddenly you're making a long run.
I don't think they are the 13 goal a week team but I also don't think they are the 3 goal a week team. Just keep getting points somehow and we'll see what happens.