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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
People still frequently mention how mistiming the Kipper and Iggy trades plus not getting enough of a return crippled this franchise and set them back for a decade.
Now we have a chance to avoid history repeating itself and people want to mortgage our already not great looking future.
Doing nothing is ballsy but could payoff if we have a deep run and re-sign both guys. Trading away picks/prospects, losing in the first/second round and letting Johnny/Chucky walk is completely suicidal and will cripple this franchise for another decade.
Where did the burn it down and rebuild crowd disappear to? Surely they haven’t just abandoned CP. More likely all it shows is that most people have hilariously short memories. Team losing, tear it down and rebuild. Team winning, go all in trade the future for a shot.
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If I felt like our winning was all smoke and mirrors I would definitely be in the tear it down, trade now camp. I was, fully, until about a month and a half ago.
We're a very,
very good hockey club this year. If you look at the metrics, we're absolutely one of the best:
Moneypuck has us 1st in their Power Rankings, 1st in xGoals%, 2nd in Corsi, 1st in Fenwick, 1st in xGoal Dif/60, 3rd in High Danger Shots against.
When it comes to lines Tkachuck-Lindholm-Gaudreau is the 5th best line in the league in xGoals%, Mangiapane-Backlund-Coleman is the 8th best. On the defensive side, Kylington-Tanev are the 6th best D pairing, Zadorov-Gudbranson are 14th and Hanifin-Anderson are 20th.
Looking at NaturalStatTrick they have us 2nd in Corsi and Fenwick, 2nd in xGF %, 1st in Scoring Chances%, 2nd in High-Danger Chances %.
There is nothing smoke-and-mirrors about this, and the eye test really backs it up. We're almost never really beaten, we get outgoalied from time to time, but most games, most periods we just take it to the other team for long stretches. We're really, really good. The kind of good where we absolutely should go for it.
To Calgary: Giroux
To Philly: Monahan, 2023 1st (top 2 protected), 2022 2nd.