One reason your team WON'T win the 2017 Stanley Cup

[OmniSens]

Sens

Lack of intensity, discipline and heavy wallet for an owner.

 

[Syckle78]

Because we suck. We're as bad as Vancouver and need a rebuild just as much but everyone is making excuses or ignoring it. Everyone is lolbenning but Holland is been worse the last 5 years and gets a free pass.

 

[vippe]

C'mon now you haven't beaten us in the last three tries either.

While true, Rangers are the only team that Caps ever win against in a game 7.. even if it's not all the time. Have to hold on to something right?

 

[LondonKendrick]

Leafs, salary cap...

 

[blueinbigd]

Jake Allen
He has been making easy saves look difficult this year.
He has bobbled way too many shots that have hit his glove

 

[DaveG]

I mean... have you SEEN the rest of the Metro? Holy ****, you don't survive that, you just don't.

 

[Lunatik]

Because we aren't good enough

 

[Soundwave]

Oilers

We'd win the Cup sure ... if you gave us a circa 2006 Chris Pronger.

 

[CorgisPer60]

Inconsistent play, poor systems, incessant line juggling, and goalies aren't good enough to steal games (yet).

 

[GrandmaSlices51631]

Ladd, Andrew Ladd.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

they will not maek teh ploffs

 

[Batrous]

defence

been a problem for toronto for the last 10 years at least

 

[Orrfourever]

Hayes, Jimmy Hayes...

 

[AKL]

We won't win the cup because apparently no one can realistically challenge Pittsburgh except for New York (maybe)

 

[SpezDispenser]

There's a lot of reasons for Ottawa. Which to choose...

-LW in limbo with injury to MacArthur
-3rd line RW not good enough
-Cody Ceci should probably see a little less time, so a 2nd pairing D-man
-probably an overall lack of an elite level scoring forward
-Pittsburgh
-Bobby Ryan has taken most nights off and indeed cannot spell intensity

I'll go with the Pittsburgh option, in that it embodies everything: we're not good enough yet.

 

[NyQuil]

There's a lot of reasons for Ottawa. Which to choose...

-LW in limbo with injury to MacArthur
-3rd line RW not good enough
-Cody Ceci should probably see a little less time, so a 2nd pairing D-man
-probably an overall lack of an elite level scoring forward
-Pittsburgh
-Bobby Ryan has taken most nights off and indeed cannot spell intensity

I'll go with the Pittsburgh option, in that it embodies everything: we're not good enough yet.

Our defensive depth is also pretty suspect. One injury to Karlsson, Phaneuf or Methot and we're in trouble.

I guess I'd agree and go with "our one reason is that we have many reasons".

 

[WaveRaven]

Lacks the Talent

 

[Cashville]

We cannot win road games.

Home: 10-2-2
Away: 3-9-2

 

[DrunkUncleDenis]

Simplest answer: depth. Specifically in the D and top 6 talent.

 

[Dreakon13]

Sabres

-Injuries
-Coaching
-Lack of Depth

If I had to pick one, I'd say injuries. Just because the coaching can turn around, and the below-average depth players we have can be more useful... but we're going nowhere with ROR and Eichel (not to mention everyone else) injured or playing through injuries for extended periods, and losing valuable development/chemistry/gelling time because of it.

 

[Barrie22]

Sharks are chokers.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Hard to win the Stanley Cup if you can't even win a game.

 

[LarmerAmonteSeabrook]

Too many rookies without playoff experience. About half our forwards are rookies.

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Hard to win the Stanley Cup if you can't even win a game.

Lack of plan. This team is not going anywhere, there's no improvement for couple years now and we are supposed to be in our peak core age.

 

[SpezDispenser]

Our defensive depth is also pretty suspect. One injury to Karlsson, Phaneuf or Methot and we're in trouble.

I guess I'd agree and go with "our one reason is that we have many reasons".

That was reason three, a 2nd pairing dman where Ceci moves down.