Around The League - 2024-25 Regular Season
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A healthy Hedman and Cernak is the difference
Habsy
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Clearly.
Here's the thing though, the playoffs aren't only about skill, who is better than whom and such. It's a war of attrition. If your depth can't overcome key injuries? Well it just wasn't your year. No whining, no excuses.
Teams lose top players all the time. See: Koivu Eye
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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Most team's don't have a spare Hedman just lying around waiting for a chance to play.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
GrandWazoo
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Lemmy was indeed a cool dude, quite a character but authentic. If you have a few hours to spare, you could do a lot worse than watch his documentary, it's quite great.
That song you shared is pretty good but you'd be hard pressed to find a lot of that in their catalog. Motorhead is awesome in my opinion but they would never be called musically diverse. They had a pretty good album of covers released a few years back, with a killer Sympathy For The Devil version, that could be a good place to start.
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GrandWazoo
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There is no chance to match and what Seattle did. They had a total of ONE side deal, and a super minor why bother one at that. Ron Francis is just not a wheeler and dealer, that's never been his style. You'd be hard pressed to find a more boring GM but hey, this team version is pretty good. Gotta give credit to Hakstol, he got the players buying in.
I agree to a point
No team can replace core star players or key role players in the playoffs and get away with it
Regular season no problem as the intensity is nowhere near a playoff round
Cernak is a premier PK and solid shut down D , Hedman is a stud who basically was useless for 4 games
Like I told my Leaf buddies , have Reilly usesless for 4 games and take Brodie out .....different dynamics
Simply put Leafs capitalized on their opportunities
The rest of the league told Francis .....take my bad contracts , go for it and they refused
He could of easily taken a Duchene , Price , etc....and fucked his cap
He did well in free agency and salary dump pick ups like Bjorkstrand
Vegas was gift wrapped 2/3 of a top 6 and Theodore by fools who made silly side bets or protected the wrong players
GrandWazoo
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That's why I'm not a huge fan of top heavy teams, no depth, a couple of key injuries can move them from Cup contender to missing the playoffs. Tampa won not only because their best players were better, but also because their bottom two lines were better than the other teams.
Seattle lost their 40 goals scorer and they've won 3 out of 4 since.
GrandWazoo
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GMs smartened up for us, but there was deals to be had. GMs are GMs, they love to make deals. To have made essentially none is ridiculous.
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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The Kraken didn't build their team along the typical model of a top scoring line, a secondary scoring line, a checking line and a grind/energy line. They roll 4 second/third type lines at you and they all play the same way. They can all score, they can all check, they can all skate. They may not do anything at an elite level but they do everything well and just like the Panthers, they just keep coming at you.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
Then your team is built incorrectly if there's a known flaw in the system.
Their problem will be that they still need elite players to actually win the Cup, since Wright likely won’t be one, and they won’t be drafting high enough to get them, which is the problem that Vegas has due to its early success.
yeah accorsing to Wehaveian logic, Seattle is built for failure as they will never win 16 post season games
east coast
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I see Sportsnet has brought in Dallas Eakins, Anaheim's failed coach, to join the panel for the series. Eakins has long ties to the Leaf organization. Guess they need another cheerleader to join the love fest. Maybe Tie Domi is still available as another possibility?
Maybe Beniers
GrandWazoo
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I know that's the common belief but I don't know if it's an absolute truth. I think they just need to up their skill level overall while keeping their depth and they might have a shot. Kinda like the Blues, and yes Pietro is a 1D, Tarasenko a top W and O'Reilly that year was playing like a 1C, but none of them were truly elite, depending on your definition.
I know but one is not enough.