wprager
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SpezDispensed wrote: wprager wrote: SpezDispensed wrote: SeawaySensFan wrote: SpezDispensed wrote:The thing is, if you're getting another forward he has to be a difference maker. I like our top six a lot as it is, I actually like a top 9 with puempel, so if you're upgrade it needs to be as Ev said, a Lucic or ROR . Williams as a third liner has legs too
ROR will probably end up a Ranger. Same for Williams.
Good thing you already like our top 6.
Who wouldn't like our top 6? What were we 6th highest scoring team in the league
Again, if you're going to get someone, make sure it's a difference maker
They were 9th, actually, and likely benefited from two teams in our Division tanking for McDavid. Add in the fact that we had the league's highest scoring defenseman on the back-end and our top-six production is probably middle-of-the-pack. Hardly "who wouldn't like" territory.
That's with Ryan having a sub par season, zibanejad being balls for the first 20. I think our top 6 is pretty damn good
Well I hope you can think them into actually playing like that. Truth is we were likely middle-of-the-pack up front, a mess in our own end, and then a record-setting "rookie" goalie, combined with several other teams sucking down the stretch got us into the playoffs. Don't plan the parade just yet. We could just as easily miss the playoffs altogether next season. We *hope* that Ryan recovers and Hoffman continues and Stone gets even better and MacArthur stays healthy and and and. We may have enough to fill the top-six with a couple question marks, but we have little depth in case of injuries.
Who will step up? Pageau? Sure, for a few games. Puempel? Greening? Smith? Neil?
Murray wants another top-six and I don't blame him. I honestly think he got Legwand precisely for that reason. Pro scouting needs to do better than that.
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