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Originally Posted by Bingo
I like what he did given where they are.
Someone this summer suggested the team wasn't going to head into a rebuild with a playoff level hockey team; that just isn't done, and honestly it's hard to argue that point.
But I still don't like this team as it's currently constructed. The top line feels broken and I'm not sure they can win with it as it's constructed. The Monahan/Gaudreau pair just don't seem to be the guys to lead a team offensively in games that matter.
Would love to be wrong on that, and we've certainly seen players and teams come back completely different from season to season.
So with a flawed core, and a playoff team, I think they did a pretty good job of fortifying their goaltending, and replacing Brodie's exit. So overall I'd give it a B+
Hopefully the log jam breaks and he can get value in a trade to shake up the the top six and make this team more interesting before the pucks drop again.
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The only umbrage I take with your comment is that the 2019-2020 team was not a playoff team..... it was a bubble team.
They were closer to finishing out of the playoffs rather than being in the top-4.
The 2018-19 team.... now that was a playoff team