Glad they won, nice game to end off on. Especially cause Heiskanen and JRob had multi point nights
Even if they just had a healthy bishop , we would have won atleast a few of those ot/shootouts .Kivi played half the games of the majority of the roster and still has more points than a big part of the roster and is pretty close to Dickinson , Faksa , Comeau and a few others. Same with Radulov with his 12 points in 11 games and he still outscored most of the bottom 6 forwards.
Honestly looking at the scoring numbers on the team. I don't think any skater on the roster really underperformed all that much ( some overperformated ) they've just missed 3 top 9 players for most of the year and the goaltending was pretty meh.
If the Stars had even remotely similar goaltending to what Nashville got out of Saros this year they easily make it.
Even if they just had a healthy bishop , we would have won atleast a few of those ot/shootouts .
He was def better than what we got from khudobin and otter in the shootouts . One thing he’s good at is breakaways in general , which we didn’t get many saves on .Bishop was allways pretty bad in shootouts from what i remember. But the goaltending numbers in general just don't get it done. 0.911 and 0.905 . Goals against aren't even bad but when it mattered they didn't get the big saves they needed this year. Oettinger was as good as they team could hope for a young guy who zero experience but Khudobin was just not good enough.
Kiviranta and comeau are not alike .More players like Kiviranta, Dickinson and Comeau and less players like Cogliano, Kero, Dowling, Gardner, L'Esperance thank you.
Kiviranta and comeau are not alike .
I’m not a fan of comeau anymore . He hits and has a few good cycles here and there but doesn’t bring much to the table anymore . The bottom six needs more guys who can jump into a top 6 role and produce when theres injuries . Kiviranta and Dickinson are perfect guys for that . Not saying we don’t need the grit in the bottom six but there is no place for guys who don’t have any skill in today’s nhl .I'm not saying they are alike, I am saying they are capable NHL bottom 6 players. The others are not.
Bishop was allways pretty bad in shootouts from what i remember. But the goaltending numbers in general just don't get it done. 0.911 and 0.905 . Goals against aren't even bad but when it mattered they didn't get the big saves they needed this year. Oettinger was as good as they team could hope for a young guy who zero experience but Khudobin was just not good enough.
Kiviranta-Faksa-Gury
X-X-Comeau
I don't care who rounds out the bottom but that should be your new checking line. Sign vets whatever. Let the third line eat. #freefaksa
If all forwards are healthy, someone has to get demoted.Kivi is probably responsible for checking line duty, but Guri? Bones lost trust in him this year, especially after that OT giveaway. I see Guri as one of those guys who is wasted on a checking line.
If not gone to Kraken, Dickey has some potential on that line. It seems he replaced Faksa the last few games between Cogs and Comeau, for some reason. Probably a test to see if production went up or down.