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Secrets to playoff success: how do you win in the postseason? As the Lighting and Sharks have proved, you need more than just steady goaltending and razor-sharp special teams.(NHL)
These are the days when legends are forged. These are the days when heroes are born and reborn and goats are fitted with horns they might never shed.
These are the NHL playoffs.
Sixteen teams began the most demanding tournament in all of sport, 16 victories away from lifting the Stanley Cup. Separating these teams, these players from the famous chalice is a mad, often desperate scramble that is equal parts marathon and sprint, an emotional tempest from which only those with unflinching resolve emerge.
Each aspect of each game is magnified a hundredfold, every element an edge to be gained or lost, every misstep a flaw to be exploited or ...
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