Not gonna lie- this one hurts. Our inability to cash in on our many chances is what cost us this game.
But once again, I don't understand the majority of the comments on here. If I just read this thread without knowing the result, I would have sworn we had a blowout 3 or 4 goal loss.
I thought we played a very strong game- we just could not finish and could not take advantage of our chances. Even though we are down 2-0 I think we have played well in 5 of the 6 period. And before anyone jumps on me, I understand that doesn't mean a hill of beans. I just don't agree with the people on here who seem to be saying we have been awful in these two games.
And I can see now where the doom and gloomers are headed to find their negativity should we lose this series. That this franchise can't win a second round series. My question is this- did you think this was our year to do that?? Heck, half this board didn't think we were even going to make the playoffs. So now all of a sudden we have to make the conference finals or bust??? You can't have it both ways. We just won a series against a Stanley Cup favorite and played two pretty decent games in round 2. That ain't bad.
I want to advance out of the second round as much or more than any of you do. Even with the win over the Ducks, I don't think this was ever our year to make a Cup run. To me this has been a successful season regardless of what happens in this series.
Now, next year at this time I will not be saying that. We should be setup to be even better next year- we are gaining invaluable experience, especially for the young players, and I fully expect us to add at least one top 6 forward.
