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The hits on Jarvis and Raanta were definitive, calling for reaction. None. None at all.
I just hope Jarvis doesn't have lingering issues.
It's embarrassing how they didn't respond to those hits. There needed to be Ranger blood on the ice tonight in the 3rd period and we were feckless. Not sure if there are problems in the locker room, but we didn't have each other's backs tonight.
Bummer of a game. I really thought this Canes team had a better chance at winning the Cup than almost any team before the playoffs started. The inability to win on the road was eventually going to come back to bite them. They missed Andersen, but it wouldn’t have changed tonight’s game.
There is a difference between Andersen and Raanta. There's a reason why Andersen was the #1. Statistically the difference is small, but in the playoffs a small difference is winning or losing. If Andersen is healthy, there's a good chance that he steals one of the games that the Canes lost.
It's very disappointing for the Canes to exit after round 2, but at least they weren't embarrassed like Florida was.
The stretch from mid-March to mid-April when the Canes went 7-11 was a wakeup call. They finished the season with six straight wins, but five of those six opponents didn't make the playoffs. I thought the Canes looked like a tired team by mid-March. Another way of looking at it: opponents discovered that the key to defeating the Canes was shutting down the Aho line. Succeed in that, and the rest of the lineup was good but not great... particularly with Necas a non-factor from February onward. Unless there was an undisclosed injury, I have to wonder what was going on in his head.
We'll have to wait and see what the lineup looks like in October. It would help if Ryan Suzuki, the #1 pick in 2019, or Jack Drury is able to fill a slot. The Canes will enter next season with so much salary that they need a young, low-paid forward who can score to step up -- like Jarvis did this year. Or to put it differently, the Canes would not have won 7 playoff games without Jarvis.
In the end, it was clear that the 2021-22 Canes were not as good as the 2005-06 team that won the Cup.
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