What game did you watch?
The Canucks gave up 45 shots and we hit 5 posts.
The Canucks are getting handed this series because our goalie is the worst starting goalie in the playoffs. For the 2nd post season in a row.
The new GM needs to give an honest assessment of why this team has fallen short the last two years and Skinner is at the top of the list. Nurse, ceci and depth scoring are on there as well.
Biggest reasons for playoff failure
1. Skinner is literally the worst playoff goalie in the cap era. Worst save percentage and his 5 times pulled is the most for 20 games played.. I think ever.
2. Nurse and Ceci just DO NOT work together, Nurse and Desharnais don't work either but they are consistently the worst pairing. Coaching staff is at least trying to limit their minutes but they almost only see 3rd line opposition and are getting crushed. Its like having 2 Ian Coles.
3. Depth scoring is pretty invisible however coaching staff is falling into the "load up the top line" mess again. All the good playoff teams right now are spreading the wealth thru the lineup.
Dallas top 9
Robertson - Hintz - Stankoven
Benn - Johnston - Pavelski
Marchment - Duchene - Seguin
Colorado
Lehkonen - MacKinnon - Ratanen
Nichushkin - Mittelstadt - Parise
Wood - Colton - Kiriranta
(Drouin is injured or this would be a little different)
Rangers
Kreider - Zibanejad - Roslovic
Panarin - Trocheck - Lafreniere
Cuylle - Wennberg - Kakko
Most are spreading out over 2 lines, some sprinking into the third.
We load up literally one line and thats it. You can't win like that.