metcalfmafia said:
Didn't watch the Canes all year. Figured I'd watch the finals. Why they suck now? Genuinely curious.
bunch of reasons. Bobrovsky on a heater. Canes had an issue scoring goals in the regular season (2nd fewest goals of the Eastern playoff teams) plus we no longer have Svechnikov. Also the canes just dont have that alpha goal scoring winger that you need to win you games where its 50/50 otherwise. Aho and Svech are very good players, but they aren't alpha dog superstars to score a goal out of nowhere with any consistency (hope Svech can get there). Look at the teams that are consistently deep in the playoffs. Last year the Avs had 4 PPG players, Mackinnon and Rantanen being game changing players. The Lightning are always there and have Kucherov, Stamkos, Point. The Bruins are usually deep and have Pastrnak, Bergeron, Marchand. Tkachuk may be an ******* but he's that guy for Florida.
Scoring goals has been our achilles heel to end the past few playoff runs. We hoped Pacioretty would help with that but we gambled on an injured player and lost. Then Svech got hurt after the trade deadline and we were double screwed.