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Originally Posted by PiuYi
to be fair, we were missing henrik, santo, and tanev.... not saying we would have won with them, but those are pretty big pieces out of the lineup
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I know what you're saying, but I don't really buy the injury excuse anymore.
Good teams overcome injuries. Heck, IIRC when we were ripping it up (In Henrik's MVP year), didn't we miss Daniel for a handful of games. Same thing too with other great teams.
Pens can win with Crosby out. Hawks still managed I think when Toews was out. One or two key guys shouldn't sink a team like this. Feels like there is something more fundamentally wrong with the team other than the absence of a guy or two.
Also, there's the fact that we've been on a downward spiral well before Henrik's, Santo, Tanev's injuries.