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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Do you see Huberdeau, Kadri, Coleman all getting better next season?
We can't let a fluke season blind us; this team will be bad next season. We have no elite talent coming in to make up for the drop in offence and prop up others around them.
We have no centers coming down the pipeline either, and I just don't see the goals in this lineup.
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I think Huberdeau improves, Kadri slows a bit, and Coleman is about the same as this year. I think the drop off in those guys is made up by an uptick from the under 25 guys.
This isn’t a fluke season. It’s not like a lot of luck is going this team’s way. Their expected goals are pretty closely in line with their actual goals. This is a season where, on average, everyone is playing to the level you expect them to play. For every guy that might be a bit better, you’ve got a guy that’s a bit worse.
The things I see as most unsustainable are the guys underperforming against potential or still growing. Wolf, for example, has more to give than .906 and 2.55, and I think he’ll prove that over the next calendar year.
I get the fact that we don’t have an elite forward coming down the pipe. But it’s not like there’s an elite forward that they’d be replacing. I don’t see them being a whole lot better next year, but I would need more convincing than “they won’t get better” to convince me they’ll get a whole lot worse.
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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
31/32 - this team could make the playoffs.
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You think they’re going to tie for the second longest playoff drought in NHL history?
That’s a monumental failure.