And you are being extremely overconfident that your view is correct and frankly unreasonable about the prospects for this team. To be clear, I'm not saying they are cup contender, just that they are a playoff team. We see it every year. A veteran team beats the young more "talented" team. How did the Avs do against the Stars? Tampa was a good example of your theory but even their "core" is outside of the range you defined and their MVP is 29. Also, look what happened to them last playoff. I've been watching this same story play out for almost 4 decades. I'll take a team where the core is playoff hardened 30 year olds every day over a team where the core is 22-26 year olds. Maturity matters. You don't think so when you're young. You only realize when you're a little older just how much, especially in competitive situations. Go watch old interviews with Gretky talking about when they lost to a playoff hardened veteran Isles team the first time. So now tell me who in the pacific other than Vegas is a realistic challenge for the Sharks if their core is healthy? I've said repeatedly it could all go off the rails of there are a bunch of injuries to the wrong guys but there is plenty to be optimistic about with this team.
Honestly I think they're a pretty great mix. A few mid 30s, a few 30ish, a few in the 26-28 range and the rest under 25.
So youre going with trying to assert that this is the new normal. That this roster is a cellar dweller. Ok, good luck with that.
And when you remove Patty from that equation? Just out of curiosity how far that moves them in the ranking since under normal circumstances a team wouldn't bring back someone that old.
So youre going with trying to assert that this is the new normal. That this roster is a cellar dweller. Ok, good luck with that.
Considering we're months from the start of the season and no one has any idea what any of the prospects look like right now, let alone vets who were injured, relegating them to the draft lottery is just ridiculous. Considering parity of the league it's equally plausible that the stay healthy and the new system works and the goalies find their games. Almost the same amount of things have to go wrong for them to be a lottery team as have to go right for them to be a cup team.
Not sure i would say we are worse. Donato makes our forwards better and I would say our Defense and goaltending are worse. However our stars should have better years which should at least get us out of the basement but probably won't get us into the playoffs.
Yeah but that was a perfect storm of suck. That kind of thing shouldnt happen in 99/100 seasons
You're mistaking optimism with overconfidence. I hope they make the playoffs and I believe they have the talent and players in the right positions to achieve that. Overconfident says I know they will. I've said over and over injuries or more of the same goaltending will derail this into the trash. My comments haven't changed on this over the last few weeks. I believe they're due some luck in the injury dept after enduring major injuries to important players every season for the last 4(?) seasons. I also honestly think it's good jumbo is gone just so the locker room can move on and find their own identity now. No one has daddy looking over their shoulder anymore.
Obviously the guys who are paid to evaluate these things think he's worth the risk. I guess we're going to find out if Nabby is a great coach or delusional.
Obviously the guys who are paid to evaluate these things think he's worth the risk. I guess we're going to find out if Nabby is a great coach or delusional.
No doubt man. This is one of those times where you just have to kinda trust that the professionals have a clue what they're doing.
