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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
I came into these playoffs considering that Avs as prohibitive favorites. And they'll still make the Cup finals.
But man - Kuemper has been baaaaaaaad. He's been almost as bad as Husso.
This is, at worst, a 3-2 Blues lead in this series but/for the Binnington injury and Kuemper is the SOLE reason for that. I've seen 6-8 goals so far in this series that just should not have gotten through.
I really don't understand it. I haven't watched him play as much as you but I've seen him play a little and anytime I have he hasn't been this kind of awful. Has he had stretches like he's having now during the season?
Because at this point if I'm St. Louis I just keep throwing rubber at him any chance I get. They don't need a quality scoring chance to get on the board.
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I'd say Kuemper is a large reason for it, but I'm seeing some big stretches oout of this Avs team that suggests they've been reading their own national press clippings after the regular season/Nashville beatdown.
And I'm with you, I think we have a chance to close it out tonight at home if not for the Binnington injury.