NElaxtalent wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:22 pm
Murphy > Malever
Still only allowed 1 ball on the field, right? Chemistry matters, All-Star offensive roster didn't gel for Duke in 2021
Duke 2021 was like the NHL All-Star team that played against the long-standing Soviet National Team in the 1979 Challenge Cup.
Literally thrown together with little time to gel (despite efforts to keep lines from the same team together), the NHL All-Stars included legends like Guy Lafleur, Bobby Clarke, Ken Dryden, Brian Trottier, Mike Bossy, Larry Robinson, and Dennis Potvin. I think most of the team is now in the Hall of Fame.
Even so, the Soviet National Team was a real team (albeit a Soviet all-star team) that had practiced and played together much more than the NHL All-Stars.
After Duke … err, the NHL All-Stars … took a 1-game lead, the Soviets won the next two games, outscoring the NHL All-Stars 11-4.
Great propaganda victory for the Soviets until Team USA whipped essentially the same Soviet team in the 1980 Olympics.
So, there you go … Duke s*cks.
DocBarrister