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Old 07-04-2024, 10:51 AM   #152
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Originally Posted by Five-hole View Post
For the people hand-wringing about being unexpectedly good next year -- good enough to finish outside of the bottom 10 and lose our pick -- compare this year's roster to last year. We finished in the bottom 10 last year, despite getting most of a season out of:

- Hanifin
- Lindholm
- Markstrom
- Zadorov
- Mangiapane

We have replaced those guys with ... Mantha and Bean.

This is a bottom 7- or 8- team, and very likely bottom 4. They'll try hard and be entertaining but you cannot be in the top 2/3rds of the NHL with this D and goaltending.
The only way they aren't a bottom ten team next year is if one of the goalies really surprises and Honzek magically becomes a top 6 center next year.
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