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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I don't agree that it should be over as the team really only started the rebuild 3 years ago and it's not often teams can go from scorched earth rebuild to contender in less than five years. That said I would expect signs of progress and since they made the playoffs two years ago it's been successive seasons of regression which is concerning. Forward depth is pretty poor but given the amount of money the blue line is making they should be able to carry the team but that's not the case. Can't blame goaltending this season as after the first weekend it's been pretty good for the most part.
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Guess it depends how that D corps is going to carry the team. Past few years they have put up a lot of pts. Joining the rush often, firing stretch passes etc. But defensively they were weak. The story was that it was the super weak goaltending that was the problem though and not their play. Now with a more conservative approach it appears that the goaltending was only part of the problem. I'm not sure this group can play responsible defense even if they sacrifice their offensive games to try and do so.
Only way I see them carrying the team is a greatly improved performance on special teams.