So Springfield's year came to an end tonight, a 6-1 win. Driedger turned away 39/40. Schemitsch with a goal and 3 assists.
They finished 4-5 wins out of the playoffs. 71 pts in 2017-2018, 80 pts this year.
Had no issue scoring, finished top 5 in GF and had a league best PP 24.4% (adding Tippett/Heponiemi would only help them more)
Had ALOT of issue defending, bottom 5 in GA and bottom 10 PK
who's that sound like this year?
Here's the player stats for the team,
Greco, Thompson and Hunt being our key goal scorers. Hopefully we can re-sign Greco for a AHL playoff run next year.
Dea looks like a good pick up as he had 17 goals/ in only 46 games, easily would have another 25+ goal scorer. He is a UFA though
Hawk was a PPG player but doubt he's anywhere but in FLA next year.
MacDonald had another decent year, down from his 20 goals/55 pts last year though. Was his first year here.
Schemitsch had a good year as well, still only 22 years old. Had 10 goals/19pts last year in 69 games. Looks to have a good shot from the point.
Stillman looks like he had a solid rookie season, should expect even more development next year
Other than that, Ang and Repo had okayish rookie years. More bottom 6ers anyhow. Need another 2 years.
As for goaltending, we know Monty's story.
Driedger though, had a great season. He went 18-10-2 in 32 games, posting a 2.45 GAA and .925 sv % with one SO.
He turns 25 next month but is a UFA, will be interesting to see how the goalie situation shakes out with Lu, if Monty is in SPR with Bednard? If it works out where Monty is backup to Bob and Lu "retires", I'd hope they go with a Driedger-Bednard duo.