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DrunkPanda posted:It appears that Rantanen was conserving his energy during the first 2 rounds to use in the 3rd round, he looked like a completely different player this series, effort-wise. He was even throwing checks, which I don't remember ever seeing him do before. It's also possible that whatever thing has been nagging him has gotten better, maybe because he didn't push too hard in the earlier rounds. And it's also possible that he just looked better against Edmonton's defense than against St Lous'.
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Eric the Mauve posted:I think Cooper is an all time great coach, but I'm baffled that he hung Vasilevskiy out to dry long after the rest of the team had quit for the night. He should have been pulled after the third goal. It's like Cooper was just curious whether it's possible to shatter Vasi's confidence. Every one of my goalie friends absolutely loathe getting pulled, and would much rather finish out a total blow out than leave the game with, e.g., a period left. I expect Cooper knows Vasy and wouldn't leave him in unless it was the better of two bad options.
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Eric the Mauve posted:Patrick Roy wouldn't! Hah, "well you're no Patrick Roy" was my exact response to the cousin (former goalie, actually decent, tried out for AHL) on this topic. People are different. Some goalies may have sleepless nights because they were left in for a 7-0 drubbing, and some because they were pulled from that game at 4-0 or 5-0 or whatever. Personally, if I'm having a bad day on the ice and the outcome is already well beyond question, I would prefer to own it and play that bad day out. Anything else would feel shameful.
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DrunkPanda posted:There is a narrative on the HF boards that they keep the ice lovely in Tampa because their players are used to playing on it, so it is like a home field advantage. Forget him skating and shooting and show me the one of him taking a hard cross-ice pass, because that's the one that's going to sting like a motherfucker.
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Simplex posted:I don't think they are Edmonton bad, but I do think Colorado mostly plays defense by being really good offensively. The best kind of defense.
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