Drivesaitl
Finding Hyman
Its funny enough just to hear Andersson being a top pair with Hanifin. This would be a pretty meh pairing anywhere else. But because its Calgary it gets elevated in talk to "these players are just so good".They're going to be really bad this year regardless of what happens now. Lindholm and Tkachuk aren't producing close to what they did last year without Gaudreau and that line was the only one that could score to begin with.
As you mentioned their defense is very overrated and the top pair of Andersson - Hanifin got pretty badly exposed in their series against us.
Now let's hope they go out and do something stupid because they think they can remain competitive. I think that they truly believe that they have a "deep" roster that can withstand this loss so I have a feeling they'll try and plug and pray here rather than do the logical thing and tear it down.
Their management and ownership know that their fans are inclined to hop straight off the wagon as soon as the team hits the tubes while they are trying to sting together an arena deal. They're stuck and I love it.
I miss the honesty in commentators like Howie Meeker today, who would never be raving about players like Anderson, unless it was Glenn Anderson. So few commentators now have a legit perspective. Eric Francis just apparently ok being a parody, and not a reporter. Just a paid shill. One of many. That have become the breed.