12-01-2017, 07:14 PM
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#1364
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Originally Posted by Mike F
- They fixed the goaltending - Last year they had .910sv%; Smith sitting with .924
- It's year 2 of Gulutzen, so no "learning period" to start the year;
- They spent a lot of assets to upgrade their 3/4 D, and signed a FA to upgrade their 5 D, putting together a pre-season consensus top 5 defense corps;
- Healthy Monohan and fully training camp-ed Gaudreau to start the season, so supposedly no slow start;
- Offseason "losses" Bouwma & Chiasson replaced by Jankowski & Jagr;
Given all of that, if you believe Guutzen is a good coach, why would you not expect this year's team to be better than the one whose 94 point season was anchored by a 5-10-1 start??
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Great response dude.
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