Popeye_Card wrote:Also kinda pissed that we struggled this much to bury pucks, yet the Tank played all of like 4 minutes in a single game.
Surely we could have found some way to get him into the lineup.
He hadn't shown anything for six weeks. I still think the skys the limit for him in the NHL, but not this year.
His biggest weakness right now is overcoming physical play that isn't as prominent in Europe. LA is probably the epitome of smashmouth NHL hockey right now. Not a good matchup for the Tank or the Blues in general.
I feel our group of forwards can be physical, or they can score goals. They can't do both simultaneously. Last year's series against the Kings they tried to score goals and were overwhelmed physically. This year they tried to be physical and couldn't score enough goals.
It's just one of those things where it's gonna have to click.
The Kings core has pretty much been together since 2009 and look how it went for them:
2008: 14th place
2009: 6th place
2010: 7th place
2011: 8th place (added a goal scorer and it finally clicked....won a cup).
2012: 5th place.
The Blues core has pretty much been together since 2010:
2008: 6th place
2009: 9th place
2010: 11th place (when i'd say the core started).
2011: 2nd place
2012: 4th place
2013: hopefully it clicks.