Same here. I thought previously it would be a flawed roster but last year they made it work, so I gave them the nod. Turns out it was a flawed roster and chiapet is still the worst GM in the league. They keep blaming it on their missing Sekera. While that may hold some truth....its also the problem. If missing Sekera is your problem....your defense sucksI was 100% wrong about EDM. I bought into the hype, I thought they’d be an easy WCF team.
What a disaster Edmonton is in right now. They are going to feel the pain when McDavid's 10.5 million dollar contract kicks in and Nurse and Puljujärvi demand new contracts. Draisaitl is being paid 8.5 million to passenger the third line. Yikes.
What If Edm wins lottery for next draft.I love that as soon as they win a game the media trumpets how they've turned it around and they are going on a run. Then they lose again
You forgot Saros?Minnesota, Dallas, and Colorado all thought the same thing. One year later for those teams and everything is different. Nashville is a different beast, but I don't think they are any better than a healthy Blues team. They're the Island of Misfit Toys - they don't have a Kane, Toews, or Keith. Forsberg, Johnasen, and Josi are just not as good as those players were in the cup years (maybe Josi at best), and I don't think Rinne can hold up over the next 6 years (what the Hawks have done); Rinne is already 35.
They will single handedly get the draft rules changed twice in a decade due to their suckageWhat If Edm wins lottery for next draft.
Saros isn't Rinne, and I don't think he'll be ready full-time until at least 19-20. By then Josi will be getting his new contract and Ellis will be getting a major raise. Their window closes in between the time it takes for Saros to become a good starter, and then it opens again. The next two years are go time for the Preds, and then after that they've got to start playing with a fair cap.You forgot Saros?
Saros isn't Rinne, and I don't think he'll be ready full-time until at least 19-20. By then Josi will be getting his new contract and Ellis will be getting a major raise. Their window closes in between the time it takes for Saros to become a good starter, and then it opens again. The next two years are go time for the Preds, and then after that they've got to start playing with a fair cap.
Imagine what it would be if Canadian team made scf.I know the Preds are playing great hockey right now, but DAMN are their fans getting a little too cocky. Some are talking like they're the next Blackhawks/Penguins. I personally hope some team beats them in round 1 this year. I mean, at least most Hawks fans didn't get obnoxious until after the 2010 Cup.
Sorry, I know I sound bitter but it's kind of annoying.
No, I don't remember that. Teravainen was picked at #18. We picked Schmaltz, (a pick I still question!), at #25. I don't remember the Blues having an option to draft Teravainen.Remember when few Blues memberd where vocal about Teräväinen and him sucking. Not top 6 forward. Oh well.
To be fair...if that was said of TT, it probably was while he wasn’t a top-6 forward and was sucking. Fortunately for him, he got better.Remember when few Blues memberd where vocal about Teräväinen and him sucking. Not top 6 forward. Oh well.
TT didn't get real change on Chicago on top6 role. Blues members thought it was good they get rid off TT, 'cus he sucked.To be fair...if that was said of TT, it probably was while he wasn’t a top-6 forward and was sucking. Fortunately for him, he got better.
If TT sucked, wouldn't blues fans want him to stay in Chicago?TT didn't get real change on Chicago on top6 role. Blues members thought it was good they get rid off TT, 'cus he sucked.