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Originally Posted by Saqe
I'd argue it has mostly been Maurice and goaltending, not the roster. Maurice has killed the teams offensive ability and confidence and while the defense hasn't been good it's not notably worse compared to last year. Goaltending has been garbage. But mostly it's Maurice, pretty much everyone on that team is underperforming under him (except Tkachuk who has more than replaced Huberdeau).
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Tkachuk hasn't more than replaced last year Panther Huberdeau...as good as he has been he isn't 2nd in league scoring and unlikely he gets to 115 points.
It's not that surprising they are poor, even if that is a wash they lose Weegar and others mentioned. Seemed obvious they would be way worse.