'We didn’t bring what was necessary to win.' A difference in playoff-level experience and intensity was on display in the EdmontonOilers' season-ending loss to the NHLBlackhawks on Friday night. (SportsnetSpec)
EDMONTON — Dave Tippett sat behind the microphone for six minutes and 30 seconds, talking like a coach who is building something here. Who still has faith in his club.“Our team competed hard. We’ve got lots of try,” he began. “But … what we think is competing hard isn’t hard enough to win in the playoffs.”lost 3-2 on Friday, dropping their Qualifying Round series three games to one to the Chicago Blackhawks, a 12th place team that held a fire sale at the trade deadline.
If this was basketball, having two of the brightest stars in the game might have gotten them through to Round 1. But alas, it’s hockey, and you have to push people around sometimes.
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