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Still doesn’t make Laviolette’s performance here “crap” for these first two years.
You still didn’t tell me what your expectations for these first two years are- what would have prevented you from being critical?? Do you think we should have beaten Chicago last year without Weber and Fisher? Were you not satisfied with the team’s performance in that series?
Whatever you think about whether we underachieved or not during the season, the fact is we were heavy underdogs in both playoff series.
We are talking about year 2 for Laviolette. Trotz had way longer than that to achieve some playoff success. If we are still having this discussion 2 years from now then I will be right on board with you.
If we just win this game tonight and force a game 7, then we have done more than almost everyone in the hockey world thought we were going to do in this series.
What if we shock everyone and win this series? Is it still crap then?
Injuries didn't prevent the Islanders from beating a good Florida team that everyone expected to advance, nor a good Tampa team from beating Detroit. A good team would have overcome and adapted if needed. Look at this Ducks team as another example, they ended the regular season with a boatload of injuries and still willed themselves to pull out an upset for the division title. This is and has been an average team and the team way overachieved last year. I put the average on Lavy because the team can be better, they have shown they can be better but have also shown long stretches of play that lacks motivation. Lavy and Co are at the top of the list when it comes to motivation, followed by the players in leadership. The problem with this team is when the going gets tough and the pressure is on, they crumble.