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Originally Posted by kane
Injuries are always an excuse.
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Except as I said if you're a Jets fan. It's not just "man hours" it's what specific players are out. In Winnnipeg's case it was pretty much every one of their tope players including their only 'marquee' guy if you will... Dustin Byfuglien, plus as I mentioned the entire top 4 of their
D. Few teams could maintain a winning season under such injury weight, the Jets did.
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Originally Posted by kane
The Pens clear issue is that when key guys go down they don't have guys that can fill that void for long periods of time.
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That's what I was hinting at. :D
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Originally Posted by kane
They still have a chance to make the playoffs. It is a three team race between them, the Sens and the Bruins, but if they do I don't think they will go very deep.
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Well as we now know they're in. (if they couldn't beat the Sabres they really didn't deserve it anyway, but Boston didn't deserve to make it either). Several analysts are saying the Pens are "first round fodder", which may be true.... or it may not. I've said it a thousand times if I've said it once, once a team is IN they tend to go into a whole different mode, and different gear if you will. They go into playoff mode.
And we've seen all too often a wildcard team take it all the way. There are the favorites, the powerhouse teams, but that can sometimes mean very little in the playoffs.
Congrats to the Sens and Sens fans. STONE ROCKS! (best say thankyou to Winnipeg for that guy)
Playoffs start Wednesday night. My PVR is all revved up.