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Originally Posted by jjgallow
Our goalie was hot last year, yes. For the one year. It didn't eliminate our defensive needs, it just covered them up.
I started a thread on Weegar too on another forum, at the time of the trade. Didn't think people could bare it here.
I have my thoughts on Markstrom too but there is enough evidence on D that it's not needed.
Hanifin, Hanifin, Hanifin.
Hanifin.
They have Rasmus. That is all.
Their forward lines were completely gutted and revamped in the off-season. People said Monahan wasn't a two-way player. Those people were wrong.
Our forward line got older. Quite a bit older. It shows, particularly defensively. Other players who were two-way players dropped off and become 0-way players, like Lucic, which was expected at his age and what is expected to happen when you bump up your team age for short term gain.
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The bolded just isn't true.
I was quoting the chance level they give up, not the goals they give up. Markstrom was great, but the team in front of him was top 5 in the league.
This year they're 7th despite a really rough November.
Team defense is far from this team's issue.
Odd angle to attack.