when all you have to do is stand in front of the net unimpeded while everyone chases the fastest 4 players on the ice it is easy to be serviceable
we are at a huge athletic deficit against the best of the best. we can't clear the zone elegantly, we fire a cross ice pass hoping to get lucky breakaway 90% of the time. we dump and chase all the time 5v5 because we don't have the skill entering the zone. Mikko went apeshit against the Avs or we are not even here. similar to when Garcia and Seager went apeshit 2 years ago.
It sure beats getting bounced in the first round or not even making the playoffs and they grind and are just good enough all over to tease us but the reality is they don't have that player that changes the game. when we have guys we need, disappear, mainly on O(robo, johnston, rantanen) it can get really ugly against very good comp.
I'd love to get something for robertson but the book is out on him and I am guessing the return won't be what we'd need.
It sucks but I understand it could be a whole lot worse(see Cowboys, Rangers, and Mavericks)