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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
That's the answer after Vladar was torched in his last outing and highly average the game before as well?
As much as some want it to be, goaltending isn't the primary issue with this team.
Maybe the second goal was a bit soft last night, but you can't let a guy waltz in alone like that in the NHL. Either way, Markstrom had his team in the drivers seat after that and once again, they couldn't come through.
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Goaltending is the only thing they can hope to fix in a short amount of time. If the team can’t find a hot goaltender to ride for a while I think they’re done.
The team is riddled with players on bad contracts. Those can’t be traded without losing more draft picks, which is a bad way to run a team. Like it or not, the team isn’t changing much any time soon. The only big boost they could get is Kylington returning, but that seems less and less likely as time goes on.
The D this year has been lousy. Mackey has been a bust and after a good start, Stone is reaching his limit. Tanev has underperformed. Unfortunately there isn’t much relief coming from the AHL either.
And the forwards for whatever reason just aren’t meshing. To his credit Sutter has tried all sorts of combos, but nothing has worked well.