Pokecheque wrote:
We'll see. Avs goaltending was pretty shaky before, but now Frankie's the starter and I don't think he's quite that guy who can come up with a lot of big saves. He's a perfectly capable backup, but not a guy who can really steal games.
Add to that the single worst defenseman in these playoffs in Jack Johnson (and I'm counting ALL the teams that were in, not just the four remaining) and it's, as they say, a recipe for disaster. JJ has singlehandedly dragged the numbers of any defender he's been paired with into the abyss, Sam Girard had one of the worst years of his career (though I'm still convinced he was hurt for most of it) and now Manson is feeling the pain.
If you're Edmonton- do you put McDavid out vs JJ every possible shift so he puts up like 8 points/game, or do you know he'll create offense vs anyone and put a struggling line against JJ to get them going? Inquiring minds want to know.