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Originally Posted by Macho0978
This is exactly the issue. Coaches are still somewhat to blame but they are a very porrly constructed team.
They have 2 hgh end forwards with 3 high price good forwards behind them. IMO Mcdavid, Hyman, Draisaitl, Nuge and Kane are good enough of a top 5 group to win. Problem is they are spending a lot on those 5 guys and alot on guys behind them. Foegele, Puljujarvi and Yamamoto make over $10 mil of the cap but hardly play and are young guys that probably want a bigger role. At least Yamamoto and Puljuravi. All 3 aren't the Backlund Coleman type that excel in a shut down role or a PK role. It's just to much money on guys who want to score and not play a PK/shut down role. If they want guys like Hyman, Kane and Nuge behind McDavid and Leon then they probably are better off moving on from Puljujarvi and Yamamoto and going with guys like Holloway in their roles and using that money on a good dman.
Problem is they paid Nurse way too much and Campbell could be the next player that his contract is looking very very bad. They can't afford these mistakes
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There's the problem,
We know Mavi and Raisaitl can put up lots of points - at the expense of giving up more against than they should.
RNH for the majority of his career (with maybe 1 year of exception), has been a poor man's Backlund (but paid more).
Hyman is ok, but doesn't move the needle much.
Kane has a small sample size - generally playing with McDavid. Yes, he's been getting the goals, but mostly because of who he's playing with. I still don't see any reason to think that he's a long term solution.
Beyond that, they have no forward who can bring any value on a consistent basis.