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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Yep, that's the only thing that matters as far as the Canes' success goes. They'll be a good team apart from goaltending, and goaltending will either allow them to parlay that into a playoff spot or it'll sink them as usual.
That being said, when you realize where their top line came from, there's no reason it should be as good as it is. Aho was a 2nd round pick, Teravainen was a bargain bin acquisition because the Hawks couldn't afford to keep anyone and he wound up on the discard pile, and Ferland was the extra piece coming back in a trade that was heavily focused on three players. Hell, on the day the trade was made, I'd say he was a less significant chip than Fox was, from the Calgary perspective. I know who I heard more complaints about losing.
Obviously they'll come back to Earth, because they're scoring almost 90% of the goals when they're on the ice and I'm pretty confident they aren't the best line in the history of the sport. But they still appear to be a bona fide #1 line. And all three of them put together have roughly the same cap hit as Milan Lucic.
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Terevainen was a well regarded player that was the cost of dumping the cap hit for bickell. It was a hefty price at the time.
Terevainen is a good player. Scored 64 points last year.