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Originally Posted by yourbestfriend
I've been thinking about this for quite a while now. Looking up and down the roster, I think the only player who can legitimately one time the puck with any kind of quality is Giordano. Ferland and Monahan I've seen do it from time to time, but not with any regularity. Tbh i'm not actually sure when was the last time a forward unloaded a one timer for a goal....?
I'm not saying getting a player who can one time the puck will solve any of our problems, but I think that somewhat speaks to the disconnect between the GM and coaches philosophy of what it takes to score goals versus the rest of the league.
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What it tells me is that this organization values other things than pure skill. Character, leadership, edge, competitiveness, truculence. All good and great, but all that character and edge doesn't will the puck into the back of the net.
I'm really not sure what to think of this organization. If it was a contest about character, I think we'd win the Stanley Cup of character and we've certainly given up a lot of assets and dough to find these guys (Hamonic, Lazar, Brouwer, Stone and etc). But I just don't think we have the same level of skill that other teams have that I watch.