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Re: Review: Edmonton @ St. Louis (Game #73) [message #733619 is a reply to message #733609 ]	Wed, 20 March 2019 10:36

mazankowski
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Registered: June 2006
Location: Kelowna BC

No Cups

I see a St. Louis team who realistically, would have our top pairing D men (Klef/Nurse and Larsson) pencilled in as their bottom pairing. That speaks volumes about this team. Don't get me wrong, I think Sekera and Benning are playing great in our bottom pair, Nurse has potential and Klef and Larsson would be a solid 2nd pairing on a lot of teams, but if you do not have the horses up front to help break pucks out and consistently take O-zone time, then your back end is going to suffer.

This is a vicious circle; we don't have the forwards to skate pucks out of our zone, sustain a forecheck or Ozone attack, and we don't have D men who are great at stopping the cycle, breaking off passes in our end, or transitioning the puck (either through passes or skating it), and that in turn impacts our goaltending when missed assignments happen from both D and forwards.

This team honest to god can turn the corner, but it's going to require getting rid of salary, making a trade for an impactful top pairing right sided D man, and getting competition in for cheap bottom 6 forward spots.

However, it pains me to think of a team that if they hadn't done anything in terms of trades, would mirror the Maple Leafs aside from goaltending. Honest to god, look at the lineups and I will include key signings and draft picks:

EDM

Hall - McDavid - ?Erikson Ek? (1st round pick from Reinhart trade)
Lucic - Draisatl - Eberle
Caggiula - RNH - JP
Khaira - Brodziak - Pitlick
Extra Malone

Klefbom - Schultz
Nurse - Russell
Sekera - Benning
Extra Gravel

Kostkinen
Brossoit (I know he left as UFA, but league minimum)

ROSTER SIZE: 22 CAP HIT: $79,911,167 CAP SPACE: (-$411,167)
and you need to sign 3 more guys to get up to a 25 man roster.

TOR

Hyman - Tavares - Marner
Johnsson - Matthews - Nylander
Marleau - Kadri - Kapanen
Moore - Petan - Brown

Rielly - Hainsey
Muzzin - Zaitsev
Gardiner - Dermott

Andersen
Sparks

ROSTER SIZE 25 CAP HIT: $75,514,726 CAP SPACE: $3,985,274

It's sickening to see this!

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