I feel for the players... Just listening to the Avs talk about the 16-17 season breaks my heart. I remember Mackinnon saying it was hard to come to the arena every day.
Hopefully that team figures it out at some point. Too much talent to be performing like this. Completely wasting a top-10 centre in Eichel.
I remember when we as Avs fans said that about the 16-17 Avs until we really looked at the roster in the seasons afterward and realized like half of those guys couldn't even stay in the league
the very next season.
There's
some talent in Buffalo, yes. There's also a LOT of filler/garbage.
Eakin, Thompson, Mittlestadt, Lazar, Rieder, Sheahan, Okposo. That's more than half of their forward group. On the back end there is NOTHING there, and in goal it's even worse.
That team just isn't talented. Sure, they've got Eichel and Dahlin. Couple of good support pieces in Reinhart and Hall. Good young kid in Cozens. What else?