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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Emotions running high and all, but I firmly believe:
1. Jacob Markstrom was the main reason we lost this series. Awful.
2. Noah Hanifin and Rasmus Andersson aren’t good enough to be top pairing defencemen on a championship quality team
3. …I don’t think I like where this team goes from here. I don’t see how they can address the top-end of the roster when the bottom of the roster is as bloated as it is.
Also, good for Mikael Backlund. He had a good series. Ditto with Gaudreau.
Eric Furlatt never fails to #%^* us over. He’s a terrible ref.
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I agree with your first point. Markstrom was brutal and cost us the series.
For the second point I disagree because both of these guys are still developing and are 2-3 years away from their prime/peak. 98pt pairing both just 25 years old and paid like second pair guys. I do wonder how this team would have looked with Hampus Lindholm on the second pair instead of Kylington? (Rumored to be heavily involved in those trade talks).
For the third point it is promising that the AHL team is on a heater. Pelletier, Zary, Coronato coming in the next couple years. Wolf may replace Markstrom in 2 years if he keeps this up.
They need to sign Gaudreau and see if Chucky wants to stay. Those guys are most important and keeping Johnny is a must where at least Tkachuk can be dealt if they want to retool the team.