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Originally Posted by Infinit47
You think this team is San Jose level bad, because that is where they are at. The have a good defense core, average goaltending and below average forwards. That does not make you the third worst team in he league.
They lost one key forward, that's a 30point drop in the standings?
They are better than this. How much better? not a ton, but better. Hiring another never has been cheapo coach and watching his team put up two shots in the third period of a game and not making a single change anywhere is pathetic.
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Sutter for all his faults at least had this team playing a solid 200ft game more often than not. It's noticably worse this year.
Toffoli was this team's only high-end pure scorer. Now he's gone.
Hanifin and Lindholm are playing far worse than they did last year. Huberdeau seems worse than his already disappointing production last year.
So yes, when you add it all up, it's a big drop off from last year. Maybe not 30 points worse but at least 15-20.