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Originally Posted by Legionnaire11
The interesting question guys for me will be Andrei, Gaustad and Suter. The first two for obvious reasons that having them kick it up a notch would be HUGE for this team.
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I'm not sure that Andrei will be a leading goal scorer for you in the playoffs (although he may well be one of the better point scorers) but although his past playoff scoring isn't great, he can score goals when his team needs them. He scored on his first ever playoff shift against the Bruins. That same series, he scored twice in game 7. In the next round, when we went into the 3rd period of the elimination game trailing to the Flyers and needing someone to get something done, he came out and tied it up before we were finally put down. Last year there was a game we were down to the Bruins and AK deke'd Chara almost off his feet and finally got us on the board. That would be the good side of him. Sadly, the past shows that there have often been games where he couldn't register anything. Sometimes the team was awful (08-09), sometimes he was playing injured (last year he blocked a Chara slapshot on his first shift and missed some time) and sometimes he just doesn't play well. If he gets into a rut where things aren't working, the last few weeks should have helped him learn how to play with whatever linemates he ends up with if/when things need to be switched round. At least his confidence should be up a little at the moment, having scored a point in 6 of the last 8 games. Hopefully he is able to come up big for you guys and help the Preds win games.
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Originally Posted by Drake744
I cant stand not shaving for more than a week, but I think I'm gonna grow a playoff beard for the second straight year. But ugggh I hate too much facial hair. #PredsProblems
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By the power of Weber, you must find the strength within you for the sake of the team.
This was my effort a couple of years back:
Pretty good, but not as good as the year the Hamilton Bulldogs won the Calder Cup. It is unfortunate that playoff beards are at their biggest at a time when summer arrives. Someone didn't take that into account when deciding what months a hockey season would cover
