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Originally Posted by Naitix
Predictions that are certain this team will be bottom of the league (like bottom 3) are pretty stupid ngl. They can be that bad but I think so many things have to go wrong for them to be that bad, it's more likely for them to be around the same spot at last year.
But I also think that this team can compete for a playoff spot just as easily. Their offense is better this year than it was at the start of last year. Wolf could catch lightning in the bottle and perform as good as he did for the past 6 years. A hot goalie can overcome ####ty defense.
I also don't think defense will be as bad as people seem to think. A lot of defensive performance relies on pairing chemistry, coaching and positioning. We have so many new faces on defense to the point we can have 20+ pairing combinations that we have not tried before, something is bound to work better than "analytical projections". I just think there are way too many unknowns to be certain that this team will be bad.
I would not be surprised if they make the playoffs. The biggest concern for me this season is goaltending. It has equal chance to be hot garbage as it has to be a brick wall
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I think a big step back both on defending, the goalie behind the defending and transition means give up more and score less.
I don't see the offence as better if they can only create offence when they win an offensive zone faceoff.
Would be entertaining to be wrong though!
I've coached kid's teams that can't transition the puck, your forward become irrelevant.