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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Ryan has essentially replaced Stajan, or made it possible for Jankowski to replace Stajan. Either way - improvement. Czarnik and Dube have replaced Lazar/Shore/Versteeg/Stewart/etc. Improvement. Ferland is not as good an all-around player as Lindholm, and Lindholm makes Gaudreau and MOnahan better in ways that Ferland couldn't. Neal is a better player than Brouwer, in lots of ways other than scoring (and he's halfway to Brouwers goals last year anyway), and let's just see who ends up with more goals anyway. Plus the line combos have improved because of the new players, from the bottom line up.
Plus you have three new D who have played better than the old ones as a group. Hanifin > Hamilton already, plus he's had a benefit to Brodie and Hamonic in his slotting. The rookie D pair are better than throwing out Kulak and Stone or Bart.
Bottom line, Treliving improved both the roster and the coaching.
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Hanifin is better than Hamilton was for us last year? Seriously?
Are the new forwards outscoring last years guys that much?
Didn't think so.
Dube may be better than Stajan, some day. Same for Czarnik.
But thus far they have done nothing. Same for Neil. Lindholm is doing what Ferland did early on last year. Sure, we think Ferland will fall off, I agree, but early last year he was everything Lindholm is now.
The team is faster. It plays way better.
But we dont know how last year's team would play away from GG. They played slow by design. Todays team would be just as boring and predictable.
And lastly. GG had options other than Bartkowski. He chose to play him early in the season.