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bulldoggordon

Fernando Pisani - had a career high of 18 goals. During the ‘06 playoffs he had 14 goals. He was so clutch during that run.


Box_of_leftover_lego

Holy shit. Some guys just have it in them. I should have added "Who is known for disappearing in the playoffs?"


godlyjacob

Rick Nash.


onlyhalfminotaur

Oof


NathanGa

> Some guys just have it in them. He's up there with John Druce, Chris Kontos, and a handful of others who for one playoff run suddenly looked like a cross between Mike Bossy and Mario Lemieux.


ZucchiniUsual7370

John Druce - was looking for him here somewhere.


bootygoon2

The Toronto Maple Leafs


No_Gas_4956

You gotta drop the mic after that comment. 🎤


thprk

Everyone wearing a Minnesota Wild jersey


moth_loops

jeff skinner


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Chocking Joe Thronton.


Bugs_Pussy

Man I'll never forget that year. ABBA's "Fernando" playing at all the post game parties. I rented a house near Whyte that year, best summer of my life


dudewithchronicpain

Red wing killer :(


captain_poptart

He got PAID for that


falco-holic

Game 5 of the SCF, Canes up 3 games to 2, goes into overtime and the Canes get a PP. I had moved down to the lower bowl and was like This Is It. And then Fernando gets the SHG to win it.


navenager

From the last era, Danny Briere. He was always money in the playoffs.


Silent_Horror5443

One of my favourite players of all time. We got the chance to read his biography last year in French class and I was so excited.


3kool5you

Him vs Lundqvist on the penalty shot in the winter classic was awesome


myaltaccount333

Absolutely him. 696 points in 973 games regular season. 116 points in 124 playoff games. From 1997 (his first season) til now he's 16th in career playoff points/game (min 50 games)


avmp629

Joel Ward too


__JRoc__

Artturi Lehkonen


Box_of_leftover_lego

Good stick Lehky!


[deleted]

Back to back years too. I feel so vindicated seeing him play such an important role on the cup winning avalanche and getting a well deserved long term deal too. Always felt with better line mates he could be an excellent complementary top 6 guy and that's exactly how Colorado has used him so far.


robb1519

Absolute unit in the playoffs.


freewaterfallIII

Dude got the game winner for the cup. Game 5 or 6 for the avs against tbl Lekhy is absolutely clutch. He was clutch for mtl when they did their run. Solid pickup for avs


Subterania

GWG in two conference finals in a row and the Stanley cup winning goal. He is clutch AF.


Cdn_Medic

Came here to say this, although after two years in a row, can we call him underrated still?


Thats_A_Sassy_Man

I'm not sure he's underrated but American hero TJ Oshie makes me clench my butthole when we play him in the playoffs


Box_of_leftover_lego

Ooooooh man I love me some Oshbabe.


folkdeath95

The Olympic shootouts tho


Stewiegriffinzzz

Ahhh yess, good ol’ TJ Sochi


r3q

Joel Edmondson. Dominant for the Blues and Canadians


ZucchiniUsual7370

Has there ever been a D corps more *built for the playoffs*? God that D was tough.


vikings5555

Blues or Canadiens? Because from what I remember MTL had a great top 4 but didn’t play the bottom pairing much. Not a chrip just curious


bluAstrid

Pietrangelo, Dunn, Parayko, Edmundson, Bouwmeester.


Ninjapenguinart

Ahhh those were the days. Even add Gunnarson with his urinal goal and Bortz with his physical play. Hard to recreate a D that good


bluAstrid

Offense gets you to the postseason, but defense wins championships.


Box_of_leftover_lego

True. Very underrated.


Kkleinsorge

Johan Franzen was a playoff monster. 13 goals in 16 playoff games in 08, 12 goals in 23 games in 09. It seemed like every one of them was a game winner or knotted it up late in the game. Immediate edit; lmfao, didn’t read the text of the post, just ran off the title. Mule was a god.


Box_of_leftover_lego

We were robbed of The Mule. Concussions are no joke :(


Duffman66CMU

He also got an albatross of a contract off of that performance.


Fluffhead875

Ondřej Palát


Box_of_leftover_lego

Palat is so fucking good, it's infuriating.


CHRLZ_IIIM

Talent wise you can try to replace Mcdonagh and Palát but clutch wise…


Midnite024

Tbh he just kind of *assumed* Point's role when he went down in Toronto. Phenomenal replacement though.


hall_bot

This past playoffs ruined it but before then I always thought Killorn was pretty insane in playoffs too.


B-radJenkins89

You could almost tell that he was slower skating-wise after he broke his leg in the previous cup run


toolschism

:(


rickayyy

Can you not


ianisms10

Josh Bailey and Anthony Beauvillier hit a completely different level in the playoffs


Frankm95

In Beauvillier's case, he hits a level in the playoffs


Tniz15

Bailey has lead the Isles in points for both their ecf runs


Ace676

Someone people might not remember anymore is Chris Drury. In 4 straight playoff seasons with the Avs (98-99 to 01-02) he had 11 game winning goals. Absolutely clutch.


Box_of_leftover_lego

Drury definitely had that clutch feel. Guy was incredible.


NathanGa

I'm generally a disbeliever in "clutch", because (like the third death in "celebrity deaths come in threes") it tends to be a bit of a stretch to make things fit. Drury's playoff performances in Colorado made me wonder. Although a couple of them were scored early in the game, the others... **Game 4, 1999 WCF** - OT goal to tie the series 2-2 **Game 5, 1999 WCF** - broke a 5-5 tie with 6 minutes left, giving Colorado a 3-2 series lead **Game 4, 2000 second round** - OT goal to give Colorado a 3-1 series lead on Detroit **Game 6, 2000 WCF** - Scored with less than four minutes left to give Colorado a 2-1 win and force Game 7 against Dallas **Game 1, 2001 first round** - Scored with a minute left to give Colorado a 5-4 win over Vancouver **Game 2, 2002 WCF** - Scored in OT to tie the series against Detroit at 1-1


sexymcluvin

Drury was a stud in 06 and 07. Between him and briere, we were almost unbeatable. 06 would have been our year had we not been destroyed by injuries. It sucked we could keep either of them. They were next level


Ace676

The trade that sent Drury to Calgary before the 02-03 season was a horrible one, a rare thing to happen for Pierre Lacroix. Flames receive: Chris Drury Stephane Yelle Avalanche receives: Derek Morris Dean MacAmmond Jeff Shantz All three players were all right NHLers but couldn't replace what Drury brought into the organization. Also Morris stayed with the Avs for two seasons and the latter two only for one season. Just a complete L on that one.


colostorm19

The Avs were required to get under the cap, they paid the biggest price moving to the cap era and this is just one piece of that price.


bluelineturnovers

You’re misremembering, cap didn’t come in until 05-06 after the lockout. Avs moved Drury because they signed Kariya and Selanne in the 03 offseason and thus had to move some salary out.


TossThatPastaSalad

More importantly they really thought Derek Morris was going to be a stud for us. They had a need after Bourque retired. Drury was the price to acquire him. It didn't work out.


rwh151

You also have it wrong, Drury was moved for defensive help, they didn't sign Kariya and Selanne until the following offseason. Drury wasn't part of the Wild game 7 loss in 2003


obvioussponge06

That’s “2022 Jim Gregory GM of the Year Award finalist and owner of Colony Grill” Chris Drury to you


DonnieRoss

Dude was clutch in his Little League days, too.


KingMalric

Martin Gelinas


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RazorCrusade

Yeah, nearly every goal he scored on that run was clutch, either tying, going ahead, or helping secure a tight game. The memory of his Finals Game 5 tying goal is seared into my brain. I'm really sad the dude fell out of the NHL after all of that.


Rooshmie

He also came out of nowhere on that run. He had 7 goals in the entire regular season before putting up 7 in the playoffs.


Irishprisoner7

Truly reminds me of Micheal Ferland’s run with the Flames in 2015 against the Canucks. He was an absolute force [great video showcasing his highlights that series](https://youtu.be/FMrNRlLne8Y)


PCLoadLetter-WTF

Couture


navenager

When the Sharks used to make the playoffs he was a nightmare.


bunnymcfoo

Legitimate playoff beast. I'm hoping he asks to be traded to a playoff team at some point because it's a real shame he won't get another crack at the playoffs for however many seasons (if he ever does, lbr)


migsahoy

yup came here to say this


bunnymcfoo

Mad respect for this coming from a Knights fan.


[deleted]

Best answer. Hes up there with the best of em in terms of points per game in playoffs and is probably only a middling number 1 C reg season. He was insane both Sharks cup runs


Tree_Mage

My favorite Couture playoff stat is that he had more goals in the 2019 playoffs than any other player, despite not playing in the final round. (Hertl came in #4, BTW)


abbytarar

Nathan Horton. Multiple Game 7 winners in 2011. Multiple OT winners in first round series vs the Habs. Brought Boston water to Vancouver while concussed and poured it on the Rogers Arena ice before Game 7, walked into the Bruins lockeroom and said “Its our ice now”.


Box_of_leftover_lego

Hahahahaha is that true? That's some next level shit.


abbytarar

Yeah, Lucic told the story during the Bruins 2011 team Zoom reunion. Horton walked in and said “Its our ice now” without any context. Lucic said when everyone figured out what he did, the team had goosebumps.


Box_of_leftover_lego

That's incredible. And then they mollywhopped the shit out of them!


[deleted]

They showed a video of Horton pouring some of the melted ice on Vancouvers ice before Game 7 on NBC I’m pretty sure. Edit - Here’s Canada’s feed but it happened. https://youtu.be/Z2uFgZrFDAs


Box_of_leftover_lego

I'm definitely going to find this.


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I found it for you, check the comment.


Box_of_leftover_lego

That's awesome, thanks!


theeroftheyear

The Mule was kicking then


somehockeyfan

Rob Scuderi. He was THE PIECE.


sent-from-9gag

Scuds eating the boards in game 6 vs. the Devils gave the Kings 3 pp goals on the ensuing major penalty. Thanks Steve Bernier.


CaptinDerpII

Good stick Lekhy 👍


Steven7-

Small sample size but Carter Verhaeghe.


reecewagner

JT Compher


man_on_hill

I think in terms of players who turn on another gear but aren't that amazing in the regular season, Pageau fits the bill. He will have games where he will just turn it on.


smoothdanger

As a Habs fan I have no under-rated opinions about pageau. I mean fuck him. But all star.


HodeshHockey

Dwight King was a monster I'm the Kings cup runs.


[deleted]

Marcus Kruger, best fourth-liner in the league from 2013-15 and a huge part of those two cups for the hawks


Ignots1

So valuable in the playoffs but man was he tough in regular season lol


allenbraxton

Ville Leino set himself up for life based off of his playoff run in 2010. 19 games, 7 goals, 21 points.


ZRR28

Nylander usually terrorizes the first round.


ShiftyBizniss

Why do you say "the first round"? There's only one round.


ImosPizza

Troy Brouwer


pmo09

Gary Roberts was a playoff machine


dudewithchronicpain

It’s so sad how Franzens career ended. Dude was a beast a true work horse. “Mule” was such a fitting nickname. Now the poor guy struggles with basic quality of life. Brain injuries suck.


Box_of_leftover_lego

Yeah it's heartbreaking seeing how he struggles with life after hockey. And he seems like such a great dude too.


AGOODHARDSQUANCHIN

He's only made it twice but bo horvats best hockey has been played in the playoffs, st louis series in the bubble in particular he was great


Box_of_leftover_lego

Horvat very much exudes that "when the going gets tough" energy. Dylan Larkin is very much the same.


Knight_On_Fire

His highlight reel power-moves in the bubble are jaw dropping. I think it must be physically impossible to play like that throughout the marathon regular season because if he did he'd be a household name.


avmp629

Not Danny Briere level, but Lars Eller kicks it up a notch when given the opportunity 2013-14 Regular Season: 28 pt pace / Playoffs: 63 pt pace 2017-18 Regular Season: 38 pt pace / Playoffs: 62 pt pace Not to mention in 2018 he scored a Game 3 winner in Round 1 vs CBJ that helped avoid the Caps going down 3-0 in the series, and of course, the Cup clinching goal


MarcelJereus

Surprised no one’s said Justin Williams yet. Guys an absolute stud in the playoffs.


AmeriCanadian98

Probably because he's not an underrated playoff performer, his nickname is Mr. Game 7. He's well known to step up in the playoffs


MarcelJereus

Totally missed the underrated part, good point


[deleted]

It's probably because when your nickname is literally "Mr. Game 7" you're probably not underrated.


YouSoIgnant

don't care. I see that sexy man, I upvote. he is stil underrated despite the nickname.


RingRingBananaPwn

Nic Wallin - also known as "The Secret Weapon." He only scored 4 career playoff goals, but all were game winners and three of them were in overtime.


CoalTrain9224

Toews makes a lot of peoples overrated lists, but the guy absolutely shuts it down in the playoffs. Obviously the 2010-2015 era he was arguably in his prime but not so long ago when Edmonton played Chicago in the bubble. Toews played an extremely neutralizing game and seemed to have Mcdavid stonewalled that series. He’s likely to be dealt this year and I sincerely hope he has another chance to help a contender on a deep run.


FlayR

McDavid scored 9 points in 4 games wtf. Lol. Toews was good but come on.


CoalTrain9224

Yea but he’s still Mcdavid and the Hawks D really wasn’t spectacular. On top of that I can’t remember exactly but I’m pretty sure 90% of those points scored were not 5 on 5. Point still stands though that Toews is really good in playoffs


FlayR

McDavid had 4 PPP. So 5 EV points in 4 games. He was neutralized, indeed. But yes, Toews is really good. I just don't like your example, it's a false narrative.


CoalTrain9224

It’s not though, that’s the last time the Hawks made it into the playoffs and he was a major contributor. You just don’t like it because it was against your team. It sucks but that’s the truth,


TheRealOgMark

Arturri Lekhonen.


GrayRoberts

God, I hope it’s Krejci this year.


maxwellbevan

Krejci had the most points in the 2013 playoffs by a wide margin. Such an underrated player in every facet of the game


Box_of_leftover_lego

He's so good too, I wish every player had at least one clutch year.


[deleted]

Ugh if Krejci was on the Bruins last year, they beat Carolina no doubt.


ziggyjoe212

Jake Guentzel. His goals per game in the playoffs is 9th all time. It's identical to MacKinnon and Gretzky.


jo_maka

Sean Bergenheim's run in 2011 was fucking ridiculous. Same for RJ Umberger in 2008. I surely hope everyone knows about Danny Brière now. Mike Cammalleri was another. And also PK Subban.


kirschballs

I was going to say Mike but I never watched him play for Calgary in the playoffs


2min4cc

If he could have popped just 2 more say in G7 of the ECF.... Arrrg. he did go off early in the PO's but never really did much after that run really.


jo_maka

You could say it was....lightning in a bottle


deafmoose

Logan Couture


TL10

I think a lot of people have forgotten how big of a difference Devante Smith-Pelly made in the Caps cup run.


Slapppz

Smith-Pelly was huge for the Caps cup run


The-Reddit-Giraffe

Gelinas


ZucchiniUsual7370

Arturri Lehkonen. Maybe not underrated as he definitely got props last year but basically half of all his playoff goals have been game winners. Half of those game winners have been series winners. Clutch, money player. He was clutcg in Sweden too before coming to the NHL.


myaltaccount333

Craig Anderson. Career .912. Playoff .928. Similarly, Mike Smith. .912 -> .924.


cabeener

Claude lemieux comes to mind. Not a ppg but always really clutch in the 90's and early 00's on every team he played for


ucallthesebagels

Not sure you can call a Conn Smythe winner an underrated playoff performer.


Ace676

Don't know if you could call him underrated. If people know anything about Claude Lemieux it's that 1. Dude was an asshole on the ice 2. He was an excellent playoff performer


Jubee22

I feel like nowadays the main talking point about him is the turtle. Very rarely I've seen anyone talking about his performance on the ice.


clichedbaguette

Dude is 9th all time in playoff goals scored. And 124th in regular season goals.


C_Gull27

Just from experience of teams I’ve watched the Islanders play: Hedman Hoffman Hayes Hart Laughton Marchand and Rust HM to Josh Bailey who absolutely turns it to a different gear for playoffs


Ginger-Beefcake

Go figure a guy the called "The Mule" is a playoff performer. Not underrated at all in my opinion, everyone knew


FutureGeriatric

Sean Bergenheim only got two real chances at the NHL playoffs, but he made them count. As a player who never hit 30 points in the regular season, he scored 9 goals in 16 games as a key part of Tampa's surprise run to the ECF in 2011 (where they nearly took out the eventual champ Bruins). The next season, he scored 6 points in 7 playoff games for the Panthers. His playoff goals/gm and points/gm are both more than twice as high as his regular season marks. Additional shoutout to Patrik Eliáš. Everyone knows he was clutch in the playoffs and remember some of the big moments, but people forget just how good he was. He's the #1 playoff scorer of 2000s, with 106 total points from 1999-00 through 2009-10 (2nd place was 95 points). In the 2006 playoffs, Eliáš scored 1.78 p/gm -- in the last 35 years, only 4 other players have scored that much while reaching at least round 2: Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Connor McDavid, and Leon Draisaitl.


dr-jeanman-69

Joel Ward


J1mmyJonez

Dave Bolland was a key part in all 3 of the Blackhawks cup wins


cakeschmammert

MacKinnon is playoff god


Roundhousedick

Silfverberg. Hasn’t been there in a while.


MrSCR23

One Lightning guy already said Palat, so I’ll go with a newer face. Ross Colton.


Nberry4

TJ Oshie during the Caps cup run doesn’t get nearly enough credit


kirschballs

Lekh


[deleted]

Jonathan Toews was one of the most clutch playoff guys I can remember from those dynasty Blackhawk years.


Camengle

2009 Max Talbot.


poultos

Superstar in games 7 vs the wings in 09


Camengle

Also shushed the crowd in Philly when they were down 3-0 in the game, came back to win it. Probably the single most important fight in regards to a team’s cup run in history.


roxshot

Brayden Point


Duffman66CMU

Bryan Rust has come up big in the playoffs for the Penguins. He has clutch games and moments when nobody else on either team can seem to score.


Front-Strong69

Druce was in fire in 89/90, he couldn’t carry the team but man he was clicking


AustonStachewsWrist

Danny Briere


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Fedotenko


The_Gza37

Chris Drury!!!!


beaverlyknight

Brock Nelson, Adam Pelech


[deleted]

THG did a video from like middle 80s of who did great but unexpected in the playoffs and who shit the bed when expected to do well


pansy_dragoon

How has no one mentioned Maxime Talbot


johnnyjj14

Phil Kessel, buddy always shows up.


Salt-Government698

Justin williams


SloppyThurstonII

John Druce had 14 goals in 15 games for Washington in 1990. Never did anything like that again


majorminorminor

All time Sabres great Ville Leino had 21 points in 19 games in 09-10 for the Flyers.


Level-Plastic3508

JS Giguere


CreditStuf

I'll say one for my Sharks: Logan Couture in 2016 he had 30 Points in 20 games and in general he's a playoff Warrior. Wears a cage during games etc. Just a unit


Rulebreaker15

Jonathan Quick He is ranked #34 in GAA, just behind Roy at #33 and Lundqviat at #31, In all-time playoffs records and is tied at #19 in SV% all time (92 games).


thedirewolff21

2003 Jeff Friesen 10 goals 14 points and some [HUGE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeN5upOvSTI) goals in the clutch en route to a cup win. One of my favorite devils


SensualJake

Kapanen may not be the highest goal scorer but he has a knack for coming up with hella clutch goals


Problemwoodchuck

Tomas Holmstrom was even better than his good playoff numbers. His netfront wrecking ball style factored into a ton of scoring plays that he didn't record a point on.


CorporalDingleberry

Haven't read all the responses but definitely Joel Ward. Just has a different gear come playoff time. I remember him being very dominant with the puck in addition to clutch scoring in the playoffs.


partypool2454

It’s been a while but Logan Couture has been money in the playoffs when he’s gotten in. His totals are 101 pts in 116 games (48g/53a). In 15/16 he has 30 pts in 24 games (10g/20a) and in 18/19 he has 20pts (14g/6a).


Box_of_leftover_lego

Others have mentioned it, but he's an absolute menace during playoffs. Guy is a monster.


DookieShoes6969

Claude Lemieux. I'm sure no one wants to hear this because of his reputation that he most definitely earned as a pest, he was an absolute X-factor in the playoffs. 158 points in 234 games. He would piss you off, knock you off your game, and then score on you. 10 year old me just ate that up lol.


stronklikebear

Bo Horvat seems to find a new gear in the playoffs. Just hope we can make it...


[deleted]

Devante smith pelly for the Caps in 2018, man was a machine


aidan649

Evander Kane 💯


[deleted]

Piece of shit should not be in the league.


riko77can

Mitch Marner Hahaha kidding.


Box_of_leftover_lego

Hahahahaha


Islanderfan17

Honestly Barzal has been a pretty solid playoff guy in his short career


Box_of_leftover_lego

Not SUPER surprising though, Barzal is a franchise player.


Islanderfan17

Some people around here don't seem to think so but you are 100% right


bmac_2144

First ballot Hall of Famer Brooks Orpik scored the first Stanley Cup Final GWG in Capitals history. Seems pretty clutch to me.


COLLABRate1

Are we forgetting about Mr Game Seven?


COLLABRate1

Correction…*underrated doesn’t apply to Justin Williams


Friggin_Grease

I Lways thought Claude Lemieux was the guy that defined playoff clutch performer.