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Originally Posted by Bingo
Certainly a concern for sure.
I'd put it down to Giordano and Ryan though, not too worried about the others given career averages, ice time and role.
Coleman is a possession beast as well, and will have a way bigger forward impact than Ryan did (same reasoning; ice time, role)
Pretty sure we will still see a Stone signing as well.
But Giordano is certainly a hole to keep an eye on.
Tanev has to have a similar season, Hanifin has to prove it wasn't a blip, and Valimaki and Andersson have to get back on the tracks they were on.
Zadarov is similar to what Stone used to be. Didn't move the needle offensively or in transition to have positive splits, but his actual prevention stats were always decent. Zadarov in CA60 is basically a 4th defenseman, in xGA60 he's 3rd defenseman (opposite of all the Nurse talk this week).
Not a complete 200 foot defenseman but pretty decent on the prevention side of the puck.
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Coleman became a possession beast when he joined Gourde and Goodrow in Tampa. He was below 50 in New Jersey. Will he be playing with linemates of the Gourde Goodrow level?
Maybe Backlund and Mangiapane on the shutdown line?