PoutineSp00nZ
Electricity is really just organized lightning.
Result-oriented thinking? As opposed to what, hope-oriented thinking?
Evaluate based on results, not based on intentions.
If the role players had helped this team score goals, I'd agree with you, but Burrows, Stalberg, Smith, Dzingel, Pyatt, Wingels, White, Kelly and Neil had 5 goals, 13 points in a combined 94 games played. The offensive production from our role players was basically non-existent. They basically just went out there and didn't get scored on.
We made it to the ECF because Karlsson put up a Conn Smythe-type performance, Ryan and Pageau were clutch, the rest of our D was solid, and Boucher implemented a terrific defensive system that stifled the opposition. Our role players had little to do with it.
I do agree with re-signing Stalberg though. He's an excellent 4th line winger that I'd love to see in a Sens jersey next season.
They didn't get scored on, and impacted momentum and the flow of the game. Killed penalties etc.
There is a lot more to hockey than scoring, and not being scored on.