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Originally Posted by Poe969
I don't think it's fair to expect that much from anyone as I think you over shot on your expectations for some if not all of those guys. Setoguchi hasn't shown he can score 2 goals let alone 10, Raymond will be facing other teams top defenders and have less help then he did on the leafs, Glencross could get injured, traded or just have a bad year, expecting 20 from him is a stretch, Gio had an amazing year that he's never done before and expecting him to do it again especially watching him during the preseason.
It's great to be optimistic but I think you're being a little too unrealistic. The team may turn into something even more amazing then anyone thought but all the stars would have to align for that to happen.... Having too high of expectations for this team is a great way to be let down, a couple of rookies could come in and light it up but with our roster, I can't see it happening.
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If he's being optimistic, then you're being ridiculously pessimistic.
Raymond will score 10-15 goals unless he misses half the season. He's never scored less than 10 in a minimum of 40+ games. He had an up year last year, but he can definitely contribute some goals even if he has a down year.
IF Setoguchi can't score 10 goals (that's a big if since he's done it every year), then his replacement surely will. Call up any of Gaudreau, Baertschi, Ferland, Granlund and they can easily score 10 goals.
Expecting 20 goals from Glencross is not a stretch at all at this point in his career. Whether you like him or not he's more than capable of that. Even when injured for a large chunk of last year, he scored 12 goals in 38 games, putting him closer to a 30 goal pace at roughly a 26 goal pace.
He even states that even if Gio has a down year from last year, Brodie is likely to have an increase in production from last year. Monahan down? Colborne likely up.
All he's saying is the offense is likely a wash or very slight downgrade from last year, and he's not wrong. We were just that bad already on offense last year.