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thymebalm · 11-11-2014, 05:35 PM

the current forward line-up is not a playoff team:

Glencross-Monahan-Jones
Gaudreau-Granlund-Hudler
Baertschi-Byron-Setoguchi
Bollig-Bouma-Jooris

...But swap Colborne, Raymond, Backlund and Stajan for Bollig, Setoguchi, Baertschi, and Jones/Byron and it's starts to look possible.

We've got four out of seven defenders.. Wideman should be playing the 6th man, however, not the 4th.

Look at the combined stats for Diaz, Smid and Engelland:

35GP 0G 3A -4 33PIM 24SOG

There is very little in terms of contributions coming from those three players.

I'm hoping by January we can see Sieloff and Wotherspoon in place of Smid/Engelland, but that's probably rushing it. Although I think S/E is a bad pairing, S/W might actually do worse against NHL competition night in night out. Now would be the time to get them up and learning from Giordano though, whilst he's still riding aloft the clouds with a bolt of lightning in his raised hand.

11-11-2014, 05:35 PM	#212
thymebalm #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Vancouver Exp:	the current forward line-up is not a playoff team: Glencross-Monahan-Jones Gaudreau-Granlund-Hudler Baertschi-Byron-Setoguchi Bollig-Bouma-Jooris ...But swap Colborne, Raymond, Backlund and Stajan for Bollig, Setoguchi, Baertschi, and Jones/Byron and it's starts to look possible. We've got four out of seven defenders.. Wideman should be playing the 6th man, however, not the 4th. Look at the combined stats for Diaz, Smid and Engelland: 35GP 0G 3A -4 33PIM 24SOG There is very little in terms of contributions coming from those three players. I'm hoping by January we can see Sieloff and Wotherspoon in place of Smid/Engelland, but that's probably rushing it. Although I think S/E is a bad pairing, S/W might actually do worse against NHL competition night in night out. Now would be the time to get them up and learning from Giordano though, whilst he's still riding aloft the clouds with a bolt of lightning in his raised hand. __________________ Death by 4th round picks.