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Old 04-07-2023, 09:29 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada View Post
I think it's the following.

1. Goaltending
2. Sutter
3. Huberdeau
4. Overtime
5. Powerplay
6. Mangiapane

Kadri has had a career normal season. 20 goals and 50-60 points is about what the team should expect from him for the first 4 years of the contract so I barely think he's even an issue outside of the feud with the coach. IMO Mangiapane's lack of production is right behind Huberdeau for guys that didn't produce as expected which hurt the team. I just think this is the worst season I have seen from Darryl Sutter as head coach. He misread the locker room and has made numerous questionable personnel decisions. He set the bar high for himself and this is not remotely close to what he did last season or in his first tenure with the team as head coach.

For me it isn't the points with Kadri; it is the 200 ft game. I thought he'd be much better defensively. The second line has been a black hole defensively to the point that Backlund has been promoted again. In previous years, we had a second line that was rock solid defensively but put up less points than we would like.
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