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Originally Posted by Ziggy Lidstrom
Sadly I still think this team scores less than 200 goals. I don’t see how they get there. They need more offence. Kravtsov is there. A big goal scoring winger looking for a chance. He won’t cost value akin to his draft slot. We need offence that won’t get pushed off the puck too easily.
And most people here know my thoughts on tachuck. 9 million a year for that guy. That’s gonna be more than iggy ever made a year. But will matt ever reach iginla heights of nhl dominance?
I think giving the kids on the farm a chance to play would be good this early in the season. Ruzicka over dube would be a good look. Dube is just so snake bitten at this level. He needs a chance to see the game from the press box.
Valimaki not playing is stupid too. Send him to Stockton then. Let him get PP1 time and build some confidence. For a dman that was drafted first round with offensive promise I haven’t seen much to warrant those projections.
Monny looks so indecisive and slow out there. Sad to see one of our better homegrown offensive players fall so precipitously so quickly.
Anderson is frustrating. IMO he could be so much better but he just is what he is. He is slow and doesn’t have very high ice iq. Sure he can battle a bit down low but his lack of burst is gonna see that matthews goal more often.
And what happened to our three on three magic? Was Brodie really that good? Sadly yes. We have so many slow players that 3 on 3 is a death knell for this group. Get used to loser points.
I still like Darryls approach and I think he sees the writing on the wall with this group. He knows they are gonna be in tough to make the playoffs with our pop gun offence.
The sky isn’t falling but regression to the mean is a thing. This group has had a few years together as they are built and I don’t see them turning a corner.
But hockey is tough to predict and growth isn’t linear. Gaudreau is still elite. Lindy is a strong presence. Eats bread is growing his game. We need some size up front Brad.
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lol look who's back
just to shut you up, $100 says the Flames score 200+ goals...lets go big talker
and lots of players make more than Iginla...come on now, can't compare a contract from a decade ago