Preston
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Oh I agree. They're so good that they're almost as good as Boston. Not quite (no one is) but they're right there. Real great team.Vegas, on the other hand, is realgud.
Oh I agree. They're so good that they're almost as good as Boston. Not quite (no one is) but they're right there. Real great team.Vegas, on the other hand, is realgud.
They have the ingredients to be good. Just cant seem to bring it together (yet)
They have the ingredients to be good. Just cant seem to bring it together (yet)
Yeah, I'm not buying the Florida hype either.
The first thing is that I'm not sold on goalie Bob. He had one truly elite season as a starter in 2016/17, but besides that he's been varying degrees of average to either slightly above or below average. The guy's also 32 this year.
In general, I also think paying a goalie $10M in the capped NHL is insane. Way too much volatility in the position even from the very best to dedicate that kind of money to them. IMO it's not an accident that nobody's won anything with a goalie making a shit-ton of money.
Up front, Barkov and Huberdeau are great, but they're second-tier guys in any discussion about the league's best players. Then you have a few "ok, just ok" top-6 players in Trocheck, Dadonov & Hoffman and then the rest of their forwards and D are a big pile of "meh".
Calgary ignored Neal's unsustainably low shooting % and viewed him as poorly as the Oilers did Lucic.How the hell did the oilers trade Lucic
How the hell did the oilers trade Lucic
From what I'd read, the Islanders signed Varlamov in the hopes of luring/mentoring Sorokin who is in the last year of his KHL deal.
How the hell did the oilers trade Lucic
I'd love to see the Islanders crash & burn this year, for sure.
For one, because their fans are a toxic shit-pile.
The other because I'm convinced that old-school Lou let Lehner walk this summer because he didn't want to have anything to do with a guy who's open with the public about his battle with mental illness. A mediocre wife-beater like Varlamov, though? Lou's A-OK with him.
Holland would have done much more but he was screwed with the idiocy of Chiarelli, Their cap is horrible
Florida is going to score goals and Queeneville already has them playing a better team system. But that D is weirdly constructed ... slow guys who defend well and fast guys who don't, with nothing in between ... and Bob's going to have to transition from playing behind a completely different system. I feel like there were a lot of caveats mixed in with the hype, and deservedly so. Still ... their offensive can wallpaper over some sins and the middle layer of the Eastern pecking order looks murky.Yeah, I'm not buying the Florida hype either.
The first thing is that I'm not sold on goalie Bob. He had one truly elite season as a starter in 2016/17, but besides that he's been varying degrees of average to either slightly above or below average. The guy's also 32 this year.
In general, I also think paying a goalie $10M in the capped NHL is insane. Way too much volatility in the position even from the very best to dedicate that kind of money to them. IMO it's not an accident that nobody's won anything with a goalie making a shit-ton of money.
Up front, Barkov and Huberdeau are great, but they're second-tier guys in any discussion about the league's best players. Then you have a few "ok, just ok" top-6 players in Trocheck, Dadonov & Hoffman and then the rest of their forwards and D are a big pile of "meh".