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Originally Posted by dissentowner
If course I truly believe this. You have an East/West roster playing a North/South game. The offensive system is basically the same as Darryl's with less shots. That's why you have no game breakers. That's why Huby looks like the shell of the player he was, when your system is to gain the zone and then throw everything back to the point it neuters a great passers game. The roster on paper to start the season was absolutely good enough to be a playoff team but when you are playing a system tailored to big forwards screening goalies with a small skilled forward group you are not going to succeed. Go back in Huska's coaching history and show me where he has been successful with any offensive group? He is fine as an assistant coach in charge of the defenseman but he has no clue about forwards. His lineup decisions were also not great and he likes the blender way too much. There is nothing in Huska's pro record that indicates he can be a good head coach. He is a fantastic talker though, I will definitely give him that. He could sell ice makers to people in the Arctic.
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We have no gamebreakers because we have no elite talent at any position on forward or defense. Sure, Huberdeau was great at one point. He is a shell of himself now.
I am not really sure what you mean about an east/west roster, because outside of Huberdeau and Zary and Sharo and Kuznetsov, this is about as north and south a team as it gets.
And none of those guys i mentioned are 1st liners. They are all 2nd to 3rd liners on a good team.
I know you have some inside connections on the team, and if this is what any of them truly believe then we are doomed. We were a bad team and after the trades we are a really bad team outside of a few players.