Originally Posted by thefoss1957
I have the night off from the hospital, and am looking forward to hanging in the GT with my friends here at CP.
My guys have been playing a little better since firing Colliton, but, StanBo had left an extremely flawed roster. Him getting fired for covering up a team shame was just, but, the guy should have been fired long ago for crappy roster building, even without the Beach, et.al. revelations.
Fleury has settled in some, but, the 'Hawk D is still one of the worst in the league in allowing high danger chances. Murphy, Gustafsson, and S. Jones are flat out liabilities on D. DeHaan is a plumber who can't skate, McCabe (and S. Jones) are turnover machines. C. Jones and Kalnyuk are fresh of IR and haven't settled into roles yet.
Offensively, we have but 3 guys going well. DeBrincat, Kane and Hagel. Dach and Kurahev work hard, but lack consistency. Ice cold and snakebit, Kubalik, Strome (fresh out of Colliton's doghouse) and Toews. Low line plumbers fill the rest of the forward spots, Carpenter is probably the best of them but has hands like a rock. The others, IMO, are only marginal as NHLers, R. Johnson, Hardman, Borgstrom, Entwistle would be ok AHLers but haven't impressed at the NHL level. Gaudette and Khaira get only limited minutes. T.Johnson has been on IR, but hadn't fit in yet.
King has gone 7 D often, with Kane and DeBrincat taking turns double shifting...would not surprise me if this was the case again.
Good luck to you and your guys...agree that this could be a "trap" game for the Flames, but, if you guys get an early score, the 'Hawks won't have enough firepower to come back.
I am confused about your squad, Bread Eater a top scorer? He sell his soul to the devil or something? He always seemed a flat out grinder to me, in passed years.
Catch you all in the GT.
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