Such a crazy series. The four straight OTs. Only scoring first in one game. I think we ended up erasing a deficit 9 different times. That was a lot of fun. I know we keep getting a lot of the "such and such needs to show up or up their game" but we aren't really having to rely on any one guy. A guy like Nino was somewhat invisible at times, but he also scored a GWG. Dougie was hot garbage that one game but was f***ing huge tonight. Of course, we need our big guys to be the big guys more often than not, but it's also huge to get big contributions from a McGinn, or a Jordo, or a Marty with some crucial hits.
Ned was interesting in the series. I think he was close to putting up an all-time series. But I think he wasn't as good as he's shown he can be. He had a couple of games where the stickhandling was an issue and it bit us last night. He also couldn't hold onto the puck a couple of times this series and cost us some goals. He also got beaten with individual effort goals a few more times than we were accustomed to after his first few games this year. But even with some stuff to clean up, he made some flat-out amazing saves at times. I was on the keep starting him train the entire series and I'm glad they did. If he cleans up some of the mental mistakes then we have a very good chance against Tampa. He played well against them this year.
The level of resiliency on this team is definitely reminiscent of the 05-06 team. Who knows if we'll accomplish the same, but they are in pretty much every game even if it looks like they aren't. And they're really just a likable group of guys to watch.