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Originally Posted by brocoli
I think that with the Canes you'll see the need for some strong secondary scoring. Cousins/Okular are running the point totals with D-Jay getting in on the action playing with them. Once they start playing the higher end teams is where you hope that someone is able to step up.
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Agreed. Those three have accounted for just over half of the Canes goals. None will likely be back next year either despite Cozens and Okuliar only being 18 and 19 years old respectively, so it may result in the team struggling to maintain linear progression next year despite being so young overall.
Hopefully as the year progresses we see lots of improvement from guys like Barlage, Boyko, Stringer and Thacker. Really sucks that Boucher is losing this whole season, lots of upside with him.
I'm assuming the Canes aren't as high on Thiessen as they were earlier on since they dealt a 3rd to Kamloops to grab 17yo Dman Thurston this week. Hopefully he can slide in seamlessly and be a piece to build on as the D is going to take a big hit next year when they lose Addison, Wilson and Prefontaine.