all this losing has made you cranky!
2024 Draft
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With the young talent I have no idea how Ottawa is so far behind, but it would be a good idea for them to tank and hoard some more talent.
Same thing for Buffalo, but at this point they're some sort of weird outlier where they stink regardless of who is actually on the team.
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
Imagine how MSL feels? Dumb Josh was one of his top student projects
lecoqsportif
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good
Temporary.
GrandWazoo
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I don't think management is trying to tank as much as they don't care about winning. Marty as coach cares about progressively making his team and players better and get them to compete.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
He's truly dumb. Holds the puck when he should shoot. Shoots the puck when there's no shot available.
Holds onto the puck way too long. He fancies himself a line driver, truly does, he's nowhere close. His issue is the same as Drouin's, between the ears.
GGpX
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I'll keep my opinions on Anderson to myself, not to rehash the same old stuff. But we see things about the same way.
You were saying.
lecoqsportif
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We’re #8 at present. My sense is that we stay in the 6-9 range, but we’re likelier to be at 4/5 than 12ish.
The last four games have been awful. The goalies are the only reason we got three points.
Dvorak’s injury seems to have tipped them over a cliff. Not because he’s a great player, but rather because his absence really puts people in really bad spots (e.g. Evans.) And this will be for the whole season…
The last four games have been awful. The goalies are the only reason we got three points.
Dvorak’s injury seems to have tipped them over a cliff. Not because he’s a great player, but rather because his absence really puts people in really bad spots (e.g. Evans.) And this will be for the whole season…
GGpX
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The thing with Dvorak is, he's not a bad player. He's really not. He's a useful, middle of the lineup player with a purpose. He's just extremely boring.
It also highlights what happens when you have players put in roles (and the responsibilities that come with them) when they're not good enough for it. Especially for centers & d-men.
Evans can replace Dvorak... For like a week. More than that and his limitations will start to show.
Another good example from a few years ago? When Jeff Petry had to replace Shea Weber. Petry was the prototypical #3 who would excel at 20ish minutes and without having to play against the other team's top lines. But once he got placed on the first pair, and then had to play 24ish minutes against the opposing team's best lines every time? He started multiplying the mistakes and he wasn't nearly as good.
More than half of the people who voted thought we'd finish in the 25th to 28th range prior to the season started. As it stands, we're 24th and I'm still expecting a regression.
It also highlights what happens when you have players put in roles (and the responsibilities that come with them) when they're not good enough for it. Especially for centers & d-men.
Evans can replace Dvorak... For like a week. More than that and his limitations will start to show.
Another good example from a few years ago? When Jeff Petry had to replace Shea Weber. Petry was the prototypical #3 who would excel at 20ish minutes and without having to play against the other team's top lines. But once he got placed on the first pair, and then had to play 24ish minutes against the opposing team's best lines every time? He started multiplying the mistakes and he wasn't nearly as good.
More than half of the people who voted thought we'd finish in the 25th to 28th range prior to the season started. As it stands, we're 24th and I'm still expecting a regression.
Unfortunately most of this team is miscast in roles not suited for them
Habs have a top 3 trade asset in Mony , they cant fuck this up
Savard is your typical deadline d depth deal but may need to wait until next year unless the right deal is handed to us