Why New Jersey Devils lost the Stanley Cup Finals to Los Angeles Kings -NHL Special
New Jersey Devils landed at the top spot of the Eastern Conference after eliminating New York Rangers in the conference finals but losing to Los Angeles Kings in the Stanley Cup Finals just give birth to questions after questions.
The Devils are definitely a capable team in all respects and at one point in the series showed their true potential by becoming the new favourites to take home the cup, but there was still so much that New Jersey could have done.
Los Angeles might have had a better run in their conference series with Vancouver Canucks, St. Louis Blues and Phoenix Coyotes, but when it comes down to the Stanley Cup Finals, anything can happen. Unfortunately, that was not the case and instead, they
performed below expectations.
Here are some reasons why New Jersey lost the Stanley Cup Finals to Los Angeles Kings:
Weak Start
When you lose three straight to kick off the series, two of them being at home, there is barely anything to hold onto, especially in a series for the Stanley Cup championship.
Losing two straight at home was the weakening point for New Jersey and unable to bounce back until being put on the verge of elimination ultimately became the reason for their early ousting.
New Jersey rose above with two back-to-back wins, but it was just too hard to win four in a row and resulted in elimination in Game 6.
Jonathan Quick
Obviously, have a top rated goalie is always the best way to win the Stanley Cup and Los Angeles had a huge advantage with Jonathan Quick in front of the net. Without a doubt, Martin Brodeur is one of the best in the NHL, but Quick was just having his time
to shine and nothing could stop that.
Darryl Sutter
Being hired in December of 2011, coach Darryl Sutter made a near sudden impact on the Los Angeles Kings team as he turned around basically everything to lead them to the Stanley Cup.
“It’s a long ways, seems like a long time ago, middle of December,” said Sutter. “But you look at it in the big picture now, and I was right in how I thought about what type of players these guys were. These guys can stay in the moment. They can get there
and stay there and be resilient. They’ve pretty much heard it all. Now they can just soak it all up.”
He wanted a Stanley Cup and all it required was the patience to take his team there. Perfection and patience is the perfect combination to become a Stanley Cup winning coach and there was no one better to have demonstrated that in the best way possible than
Darryl Sutter.
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