kenneycb said:
No I'm actually not at all. I'm just not looking at the result through in a doom and gloom blow it all up prism because, as I said, that's just sheer idiocy. But to say they choked is basically the definition of a hot sports take. They got outplayed and beat by a team they didn't match very well against. It happens. It sucks. And it's annoying. I apologize for not using hyperbole in this post.
I dont think they should blow it up.
But this team scored nearly 20% more points in the regular season than Montreal.
They were relatively (playoff wise) healthy.
This was a series they should have won, and it took a TERRIBLE performance to lose it. It took hitting 15 posts, missing 10 open nets, giving up several VERY weak goals, and allowing Montreal to dictate style if play for 7 games to lose this series.
We dont have to look very far (Pittsburgh) to see how quick a fall from the top can be.
This season ended really, really bad.