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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Yeah and Treliving is pinning all his hopes on everything going right for him. That was the problem last season, the 2nd line didn't replicate their career years, Bennett didn't take a step forward and Brouwer took yet another step back.
How can he expect Hanifin and Lindholm to somehow replace the 38 goals we just lost when the two players have averaged 14 and 6 goals a season up to date in their careers? If they do somehow manage to match that, does that make us any better than just an average to poor goal scoring team again next season? It's insanity.
Treliving's long list of failed players is irritating me beyond belief right now and the worst part is, he doesn't even look like he's even trying to change it.
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I'm just not so sure I'd be counting goals in this simplistic way. It's too simple. Its as if nothing else changes at all but the math between the four players in the trade.
If I was running the team I'd fix the powerplay as it hurt them badly, which they did by a new coaching staff and a specialist which is worth more goals than any player transaction in my mind.
From there I challenge even the simple replacement goals math that people are suggesting. I doubt Ferland scores 21 goals again next year if he's not traded. He was hot for 6 weeks and scored often and then wasn't heard from. That inconsistency probably gets him on a different line this year. Hamilton scored 17 with a hat trick for a career year. Does he do that again? He could if the powerplay improved.
I'm a roster construction guy and I think they have better balance now.
Improving the bottom six is the next logical place to look
