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Originally Posted by MrMike
I can understand where he is coming from, usually it takes some players to drag a team through a few rounds, as it looked like gezlaf was trying last year.
Nashville is the proof of a solid team that hit injury problems and couldn't complete with star power losing key pieces (Johansson)
If we look at them, they're too 3 defence in the league, a goalie that could have won them the cup but didn't, and just a solid group of towards playing a team game.
I really do think Smith can be an all-star again, but if realistically we are relying on our d to stay healthy and Smith to be on a hot streak at the time.
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Except the title of the thread isn't asking about next season, it's asking about the core, and it's potential.
Assuming every one of our young players isn't good enough to get us over the hump when they're all still very young and in some cases not even in their prime yet is completely putting a glass-half-empty spin on things.