 RDOilerfan
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Registered: January 2016
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I am expecting a split but if there was a way to sweet both, my god the Calgary radio and the melt down would be absolutely GOLD!!
I am absolutely loving the Sutter hiring for the Lames. Being able to listen to Calgary radio, they are all 100% on the Sutter train down there. He walks on water and they see him as the answer. The reason I love it is because with Markstrom and Sutter's style, they will be just good enough to keep the Lames in the dreaded soft middle.
The dreaded middle where you are just treading water. The Nashville Predators are an example. Your team and best players are decent but most aren't elite. But they are just good enough in combination with your coach and goalie to keep you sort of in the hunt. Your GM makes the odd trade he shouldn't (Subban) or signing he shouldn't (Turris, Johanson) because you are "so close". If the sun and moon align, the right players on other teams get hurt at the right time and everything goes perfect, maybe you get to the finals or a deep run like they did once but in reality, you are not good enough to go far but worse, you are not bad enough to get high end picks for players.
I expect the North to be Leafs/Oilers/Jets to battle out for the top 3 spots, it being close between all 3. Then the Habs/Lames will be battle for 4th but there will be separation between the top 3. If the Lames make the playoffs, they will get boot stomped by the top team. They will chalk up the season getting off to a bad start with the wrong coach. Quote how much better their record was once Sutter came in and say they are "so close". Sutter can come on and say he has the goalie, he just needs a little more grit. So he will get the GM to sign some pushing 30's winger/center who was a top 6 guy his whole career but the wheels are about to fall off and the only ones who can't see it is Sutter. Bennett will ascend to one of "his guys" because he will play much better and produce at a mediocre 3rd liner pace just like he was doing for most of his career until recently. They will probably trade one of Gaudreau or Monahan (the soft guys he will say) for a bunch of hard working second/ 3rd liners then setting into the comfy spot of being a 7-10th place team for the forseeable future.
[Updated on: Mon, 15 March 2021 16:45]
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