Connor McDavid comments about the Habs Playoffs Success
Edmonton Oilers star forward Connor McDavid said he wasn't at all surprised by how far the Montreal Canadiens have come in the recent playoffs, as he believes the team was built for the playoffs. He took advantage of the interviews to give a lot of credit to Dominique Ducharme's men.
The Edmonton Oilers' number 97 even took the time to explain the Tricolore's winning recipe.
I think if you ask anybody in the North who's had to play the Habs nine or 10 times, they can tell you it's not surprising," McDavid told TSN on Friday. Their team was built for the playoffs: they're big, strong and mean, and they have four threesomes that take turns on the ice and all do the same thing."
In turn, the Habs defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs, the North Division favorites, and then the Winnipeg Jets, who had just ridiculed the Edmonton Oilers with a clean sweep. The team's biggest challenge was the Vegas Golden Knights. Carried by their star goaltender, and then the four trios that contributed in their own way, the CH advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 28 years.
"They obviously have one of the best goalies, if not the best goalie [in Carey Price] to back them up, so it's a really solid team. And we've certainly had some good battles with them," added Connor McDavid.
The most recent Hart Trophy winner, the award given to the best player of the regular season, admitted that the parity between teams is more and more present, which makes it more difficult to reach success and the Stanley Cup Final.
I think the parity in the NHL shows that the margin for error is so small, and the margin for success is just as small," he said. There are teams that have found a way to do it every year. Obviously [the Tampa Bay Lightning] have won two years in a row. It's just a matter of finding the right formula, making small adjustments here and there, and a team is propelled into the race."
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