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Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
1. Anaheim
Lost: Beleskey, Fleischmann, Beauchemin, Etem.
Gained: Hagelin, Bieksa, Khudobin, Horcoff.
But they solidified the goaltending, got a big upgrade on Etem to Hagelin
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Solidified their goaltending? Is the 30 year old backup goaltender Khudobin actually an upgrade on Gibson?
And IMO, Hagelin replaced Beleskey, not Etem. While Hagelin is a lot quicker than Beleskey, he never scored as many goals last year, nor does he have the physical game of Beleskey.
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Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
2. LA
Lost: Williams, Richards, Sekera, Regehr, Martin, Stoll.
Gained: Lucic, Enroth.
Losing Richards and Stoll is addition by subtraction, Williams might hurt a bit, but I'm expecting a big bounce back year from Lucic and their forward group in general.
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I don't disagree with you ranking them 2nd, as I did too, but which of their forwards do you believe underachieved last season?
Kopitar, Carter, Gaborik, and Brown all had seasons last year that were right on track with their averages the last few seasons.
I could see Toffoli increasing on his 49 points, but as for the 4 players above, I expect the same as last season.