NHL franchises covet players with extensive Stanley Cup Playoffs experience like someone walking through the desert yearns for water.
Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon kisses the Stanley Cup after defeating the Tampa Bay Lighting at Amalie Arena June 26, 2022.
“It’s valuable. Every experience, not just the good ones and the winning but the heartbreak, too — they’re all valuable,” Avs coach Jared Bednar said. “I think you learn from both. Our team has done a nice job of staying even-keeled and part of that is the experience we have in the playoffs. You always reflect on ways you could have handled situations better. Not just tactically, but mentally. You have to be mentally tough and resilient to win in this league.
“Especially being so recent, you know how hard it is and what the road ahead of us is,” Avs defenseman Jack Johnson said. “We understand that. There’s not a whole lot that we haven’t seen in terms of situational stuff in the playoffs, like 8:30 starts, long gaps in between series. There’s some normalcy in that for us. We know how to go about it, how to progress through it.”
“It’s one thing to have to tell guys. It’s another thing to just know,” Johnson said. “When you’ve got a group together, I think that’s a big deal. You don’t have to tell guys or have guys wondering. It’s just business as usual.”“There were some pretty key moments where it was a tight game and they scored, but our guys — just nothing fazed them,” Avs forward Zach Parise said. “We would come right back and get a goal.
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