Poor SCF performances by All Stars

[Steve Kournianos]

There is a lot of debating going on about Crosby's "poor" performance in the SCF (1-2-3 in 7 games), but I was trying to come with dominant players who had a great season up to the SCF, and then didnt match or surpass his previous play once in the Finals.

I dont want to hammer away at guys whose teams were swept or lost in 5 games (Bourque, Lindros etc).

So can anybody else think of players (100+points, Hart/Norris finalists etc) who were completely shut down in a 6 or 7 game SCF?

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[Dark Shadows]

There is a lot of debating going on about Crosby's "poor" performance in the SCF (1-2-3 in 7 games), but I was trying to come with dominant players who had a great season up to the SCF, and then didnt match or surpass his previous play once in the Finals.

I dont want to hammer away at guys whose teams were swept or lost in 5 games (Bourque, Lindros etc).

So can anybody else think of players (100+points, Hart/Norris finalists etc) who were completely shut down in a 6 or 7 game SCF?

Do they have to have been 100+ point, Hart/Norris finalists the year of?

In the cases of Lindros and Bourque, it really only applied to Lindros. Bourque was fantastic in the finals for Boston, and still easily their best player. Lindros was nearly completely shut down.

 

[Psycho Papa Joe]

It was a sweep, but I'm still going to say Gretzky in the 1983 final against the Isles. Not completely shut down, but considering he was averaging almost 3 pts/game, it was a very disappointing performance. Smith was in his head.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Do they have to have been 100+ point, Hart/Norris finalists the year of?

In the cases of Lindros and Bourque, it really only applied to Lindros. Bourque was fantastic in the finals for Boston, and still easily their best player. Lindros was nearly completely shut down.

I'll agree about Lindros, although I would say that it had less to do with him "failing" and more to do with Lidstrom and Konstantinov playing some great defense.

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Iginla with 5 points in the 04 final may not have been terrible, but was still disappointing.

 

[Dark Shadows]

I'll agree about Lindros, although I would say that it had less to do with him "failing" and more to do with Lidstrom and Konstantinov playing some great defense.

I would say the same about Crosby this year. It was not about him "Failing", rather excellent defensive checking from the Detroit Blueliners and Zetterberg. He was always dangerous on the ice.

However, the points were not there and that seems to be what the OP wanted.

 

[NOTENOUGHJTCGOALS]

2001 Marty Brodeur is the first thing that popped into my head.

 

[Canadiens1958]

1965 Mikita and Hull

1965 Stanley Cup Finals the Canadiens shutout the Blackhawks in games 2,5 and 7 at the Forum holding the great Chicago offense featuring Mikita, Hull, Pilote and Esposito scoreless.

 

[Big Phil]

I would say the same about Crosby this year. It was not about him "Failing", rather excellent defensive checking from the Detroit Blueliners and Zetterberg. He was always dangerous on the ice.

However, the points were not there and that seems to be what the OP wanted.

Yeah I certainly wouldn't call Crosby's performance poor by any stretch of the imagination but from a stats level I guess it was. They just decided who they were going to key on and stuck with it almost to a fault where everyone else was left wide open.

But to the OP, hmmm, Heatley all but disolved in the '07 finals. Alfie stepped up at least, but Heatley didn't and now he has the nerve to ask for a trade

 

[Al Bundy*]

Paul Coffey, 1994-95

 

[Steelhead16]

I would say the same about Crosby this year. It was not about him "Failing", rather excellent defensive checking from the Detroit Blueliners and Zetterberg. He was always dangerous on the ice.

Crosby didn't have the points but he took the defensive attention away from teammates like Malkin and freed them up to score. Zetterberg played Crosby very tough. Points don't tell the whole story about what someone brings to the table.
In this years finals Hossa was the guy who jumps out at me. He did NOTHING to help his team. He was brutal to watch.

 

[seventieslord]

Crosby was the sacrificial lamb. This cost him the Smythe. I still think he should have won it regardless.

 

[pnep]

Howie Morenz -- 1930-31
5 Games - 1 Goal

Red Kelly -- 1955-56
5 Games - 1 Goal

Apps Syl -- 1938-39
5 Games - 1 Goal

Frank Nighbor -- 1920-21
5 Games - 1 AST

Bernie Geoffrion -- 1952-53
5 Games - 1 Goal

 

[The Kingslayer]

2001 Martin Brodeur

 

[Padan]

Chris Pronger sometimes looked like an AHL-player in the 2006 Finals. His performances were not "poor", but clearly worse than his earlier performances in those playoffs.