morning after...still hated to see Wilson hoisting the cup....
anyhow...This was the same run we had in 2016...they got better as the play-off went, gibronis( which I hope will get overpaid like ours) had played way over their heads, the puck went in whenever it was needed, all overtime goals and bounces went their way, solid goaltending, coming back from 3:2 to tampa, eerie similar, lets hope they don't win another one next year:
That first line was lethal thanks to Kuzy playing the best hockey and Wilson playing disrupting everything in OZ and NZ giving chance to ovi and Kuzy to do their thing, they really stumble upon that line an dit worked great....
The second line was no slouch either Vrana's sepeed and Oshies' tenacity was key and then all the oyher guys Smith-peley, Stephenson, that Ozie guy, seems like everything was clicking...
No one was able to solve their 3 guys 2 d-man and F3 standing on a blue line and not allowing any breakdowns....But they hustle, they smelled it and they really put great effort (Ovi backchecking should become tale of the play offs.
and they had 2 studs on defense: Karlsson and Orlov, they were so dangerous,they skated out with the puck beautifully, they did not make too many mistakes, even Nisky was good (that short handed play Game 4 where he skated and won the puck and created penalty was unbelievable effort)
And last but not least, they figured they can hold evryone without penalty, they were smart playing body to body on opponents best players obstructing as much as possible...and it worked out to the perfection,
and yes their PP with all these guys that handle the puck beautifully and with karlsson back is just the best thing