Guys who elevate their game

[dirtydanglez]

the entire avs roster

 

[CDN24]

Not surprised one bit. Habs fan hate on the guy but they will admit he was a good playoffs performer. He always played better in the playoffs than during the regular season.
Game 6 OT winner vs Toronto comes to mind.

Yep, his last 2 seasons in Mt- the 2 years they made the playoffs/ playins or what ever we want to call it. 92 reg season games and 11 G. 29 playoff games and 9G

 

[Steven Toast]

Im sure he has been mentioned already, but Draisaitl is an all time playoff performer. I think he was the Oilers best player against the Kings in round 1. Hes playing great defensive hockey on top of producing at a 2 ppg pace right now.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Matthew Knies.

 

[lionsDen]

Artturi Lehkonen.

This is the under talked about guy league wide

 

[Oneiro]

The Joel Ward Award

 

[sinDer]

Believe it or not, and I guess its good there are no Habs fans reading the playoff threads, but Jesperi Kotkaniemi has been noticeably good in all 4 games so far. Physical, big hits, no brain dead mistakes and good puck control.

And how many points?

 

[Jigger77]

Sam Bennett
Vincent Trocheck

 

[nyrallday]

And how many points?

You think points are the only thing that matters in the playoffs?

 

[VainGretzky]

Evan Bouchard 26 points in 17 games last 2 playoffs 125 point pace for a regular season

 

[Derailed75]

You think points are the only thing that matters in the playoffs?

If he had tons of assists and no goals Hans fans would point out his lack of goals. If he was scoring but not hitting they would point that out. The only a Habs fan will let this go is if either he becomes a HoFer or he retires.

They are so butt hurt about the whole deal they fail to realize he plays an important role on one of the best teams in the league. As a Canes fan I have zero problem saying he hasn't lived up to his contract yet but 2 things one he is young and they can buy it out pretty cheep for the next few years and 2 half way through his contract the way the cap is going g it will be a pretty good deal for the Canes even at his current pace.

 

[PuckG]

Drai increases his production and now also plays defence in the playoffs.

 

[Donner]

Draisaitl is a beast. 1.61 PPG in playoffs, 0.64 GPG in playoffs. 1.18 career ppg

Hes goal per game over last 2 playoffs

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

as much as it pains me to say, Draisaitl is the most noticeable to me. dude is a f***ing beast in the playoffs and i hate it

Ya, his game feels made for playoffs, in ways I can’t really explain, but he’s just consistently scary out there.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Pat Maroon. 3 cup rings, just about got his fourth. Enough said

 

[eartotheground]

hate it, but eichel has been insane every shift. and seems to be taking all of the shifts.

 

[johan f]

Nylander.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

McDrai are insanely good in the playoffs.

From my club in recent history, Price and Subban were outstanding.

 

[TheNumber4]

Drai is the best ALL TIME in playoffs when considering complete 2 way game. And it’s not even close. And this isn’t hyperbole. And you will find out soon, cause I know you don’t know now. Stat watching his dominant offence isn’t enough. There’s no one that beasts defensively like Drai in todays game.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Patrick Kane in an elimination game was lethal for Chicago. I think 4 of his 5 career playoff OT goals were to save the season or go to the next round too.

Kane was super clutch.

 

[Subbanned]

William Nylander

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Doug Gilmour

He was amazing.

Others from the past who were terrific :

Claude Lemieux
Justin Williams

Rocket Richard is insanely good. His points are about the same but he scores goals at a higher rate postseason than in the regular season. Still in the top ten for playoff game winners with not many games (only Bossy is close on GWG rates) and is STILL 2nd all time on OT game winners - Sakic passed him in the 200s with many more games. He was an absolute monster in the playoffs.

 

[Slimmy]

Drai is the best ALL TIME in playoffs when considering complete 2 way game. And it’s not even close. And this isn’t hyperbole. And you will find out soon, cause I know you don’t know now. Stat watching his dominant offence isn’t enough. There’s no one that beasts defensively like Drai in todays game.

Peter Forsberg

 

[24 others]

I'm wondering whether there are specific types of players who thrive in the postseason.

- either someone who is emotionally unstable for most of the year anyway, so they are thriving in the emotional atmosphere of the POs (the various Marchands and Tkachuks)
- or someone who is, on the contrary, very cool and calm, and slows the game down even in heated moments (David Krejci, who led the PO scoring twice, is the most obvious example)

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

Kotkaniemi, and I'm not even joking. Regular season, he was a healthy scratch passenger. But this year and last year in the playoffs, he's been one of our more consistent performers. Hits heavy, gets involved in the forecheck and backcheck, get himself into some greasy areas to get surprising shots on net. Pretty much the exact kind of glue guy you want in the playoffs.

Indeed, he was good with us, when we made the playoffs during COVID.

Brett Kulak hits another gear come playoff time.

EDIT - ^^^^ Beat me to it K1984 ^^^^

So far, we have KK, Kulak and Lehky... That's the Habs touch.