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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| McDavid97 wrote on Wed, 11 December 2019 10:06 |
It's pretty sad with the good start we got this season we aren't much ahead of where we were last year point wise.
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I don't really look at it the same as this. Yes, the record is similar this year, but last year's record was entirely on the back of two streaks - one early one under McLellan, and then another one just after we hired Hitchcock. Neither looked sustainable, because the team's fundamentals were so awful.
Here, we still have depth struggles, but it's moderately better - and the top end is in a new stratosphere...even with a banged-up Nugent-Hopkins not producing much. The special teams are improved, which should help us even if they revert a little back towards the mean.
I do think goaltending is a real issue, and we could definitely use at least one more really good winger to bolster the second line and to push everyone down a rung on the ladder. I'd really like to see more Gagner, less Sheahan too.
But I do think this team is better than last year and better situated to hold serve now, compared to what happened last year. This next stretch is important - December and January were a disaster last year and it has to be better this time. But hopefully we can make it through this stretch in decent shape and then get our top guys a little bit of a rest over the holidays.
I think it's okay to be a little cautiously optimistic.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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