Spurgeon
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We have not lost any of our top 6 and have not lost any of our top 4. Those are the impact players that make or break a team in the standings. We were fighting for first place in our division last year... and other than Pominville's departure, everyone coming in to replace those who have left are at least equal to, if not better than those outgoing.
JEE >= Haula
Pominville >= Ennis
Quincey = Folin
Olofsson >= Scandella
Foligno > Graovac AND Schreoder
We have maintained solid depth and depending on what happens now with 4th line center, we could have a much better 4th line even this year than we had last.
Just really disagree with your assesments. You're really relying on internal improvements that we do not know are going to be true. You're predicting JEE and Olofsson are going to be better players (in the upcoming season) based off of like 10-15 games of NHL experience. I'm not as optimistic. How I have it for next year is:
Pominville > Ennis
Scandella > Olofsson
Folin > Quincey
Haula = JEE
I just really think that moving Scandella was the wrong move, especially when we took back a cap dump of Ennis. We should've signed who we needed on the 1st by using our allotment of being able to go over the cap in the offseason. Then moved Pominville at $1.6 million retained to any of the 20 teams that may have been interested in him. We would have had $17.5 million to resign Nino, Granlund, 3RW, 4C, and 4LW. Would've been more than enough and we keep the dynamic of our team together, the defense.
I don't really care about the depth signings very much, I care more about the position we are currently in.
Would have rather eased Olofsson into his role by keeping Scandella and having Olofsson be our #6. We're not going to be looking good if Olofsson does not pan out how we are all hoping him to.
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Which Lineup Looks Better?
TEAM A:
Zucker - Koivu - Granlund
Parise - Staal - Nino
JEE - Cullen - Coyle
Kunitz - Moore - Stewart
13F
Suter - Spurgeon
Brodin - Dumba
Scandella - Olofsson
Prosser
TEAM B:
Zucker - Koivu - Granlund
Parise - Staal - Nino
JEE - Ennis - Coyle
Foligno - Cullen - Stewart
13F
Suter - Spurgeon
Brodin - Dumba
Olofsson - Quincey
Prosser
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