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Around the League 2019-2024 Edition

MindzEye said:
Why?

Johnny-Jenner-Laine
Johnson-Fantilli-Roslovic
Robinson-Kuraly-Marchenko
Texier-Foudy-Olivier

Werenski-Severson
Provorov-Gudbranson
Beane-Peeke/Boqvist

Merzlikins
Tarasov

I mean...it was a 59 point team last year and didn't exactly add a whole lot to it. They added a few bad heavy minute defenders. Both Provorov & Severson have proven that they can't handle heavy lifting and Werenski is meh in it. Someone has to play against the other team's good players.

In net, neither are likely to be any good. Their #1 PP unit should be fun to watch and depending on how good Fantilli-Johnson is their top 6 might not suck but that's about it. There might be 75 points here.
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By decent I meant maybe 10th. I think they're worse without Babs. He could turns some losses into wins in year 1.
 
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MyNameIsJonas said:
Is this the opening the upstart ( for the 7th consecutive year) Sens or Cup favorite Sabres need to make the playoffs?
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Yes

Neither make it imo. Maybe Ottawa. But I don't think most observers understand how hard it is for young talent to transition over to playing defence while generating those big crooked number offensive totals.

With that said, there's going to be a bit of a logjam around the top of the bubble this year. Tampa without Vasilevsky for a few months is probably a bubble team now, Boston without their usual centre depth probably pulls back to the pack. Pittsburgh with the Karlsson add is top of the bubble. Washington could easily bounce back to 95+ points. The Islanders stay the Islanders and will probably be a 90+ point team again unless Sorokin is out for a significant period of the season. There could be a pretty goofy looking table at the end of the season with 6-7 teams around the ~95 point mark and the bottom 3 spots all being decided by tie breakers.
 
MindzEye said:
Yes

Neither make it imo. Maybe Ottawa. But I don't think most observers understand how hard it is for young talent to transition over to playing defence while generating those big crooked number offensive totals.

With that said, there's going to be a bit of a logjam around the top of the bubble this year. Tampa without Vasilevsky for a few months is probably a bubble team now, Boston without their usual centre depth probably pulls back to the pack. Pittsburgh with the Karlsson add is top of the bubble. Washington could easily bounce back to 95+ points. The Islanders stay the Islanders and will probably be a 90+ point team again unless Sorokin is out for a significant period of the season. There could be a pretty goofy looking table at the end of the season with 6-7 teams around the ~95 point mark and the bottom 3 spots all being decided by tie breakers.
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The only teams in the East im completely ruling out are Montreal Detroit and Philly
 
well you could see Vasi was fucked in the Leafs series. a couple of those goals we saw are never going in on him unless he's crippled (like droid's OT winner for example)
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
They are better than you think.
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Why?

Two bad goalies (to be charitable, one mediocre backup/1B coming off of a terrible season, and then a probably not NHL calibre goalie as his backup), only one forward who has put up more than 60 points in recent seasons and even if you take the charitable position on CBJ's blueline it's just okay with everyone probably playing 1 slot ahead of where they would on a good blueline. Werenski a #2 slotted as a 1, Provorov a #3 slotted as a 2, etc. And that's the charitable view imo.
 
and they've lost tons of talent from those teams too. this year's roster will likely be their worst since they won the Cup.

division is ours for the taking, unless Florida goes super sayan again
 
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