If you don't think the dynamics of our defense has changed profoundly and to the bad, I don't know what else to tell you. This defense is nowhere near where it was. You can attribute it to chemistry, you can attribute to missing an important component to the PK, OR to whatever you want, but the evidence is rather staggering.
It's been 12 games, and our starting goalie has only played in two of them. What evidence do you have that missing Cole is a bigger factor than missing Murray?
JR the night we got Brassard said that it hurts our defensive depth to make that deal. That was the friday before the deadline. He had two and a half days to make a move for a depth defensemen. We had time to fivx this scenario. If not Cole someone else. He got bogged down trying to get Mcdonagh and dealing with the Yotes instead of just trying to secure a solid and steady bottom pairing guy.
You think our goaltending is more the problem than the inordinate number of prime scoring chances we're giving up? Sure we need better goaltending but we're giving up golden opportinties and turning the puck over as if we're trying to reach a quota.
Sure it does, he got nobody, and that has contributed to our lack of options and piss poor depth.
no, it has nothing to do with how much of our recent struggles are because of missing Cole. Not at all.
did I say that? Our defense has had issues most of the year, including while Cole was here.
Well, you seem to be harping on the goalies more so, so maybe you don't see it as a problem. You'll see soon enough though.
so are you saying the defense didn't struggle the first half of the season up until the new year?
but right now we are discussing how much of a void it created, and how much of our current struggles are due to that void. That's a completely different discussion than what you think we should have done instead.
I'd be happy if we had Cole, Id also be happy if we picked up someone of that ilk, we did neither of those things. And I've maintained this opinion since the deadline. So you can look at it either way.
okay. But that's not at all what was being discussed. I am talking about how much losing Cole is hurting the team. That's what we disagree about.
He made offers for the big fish, which was very time consuming and didn't afford him a lesser more minor acquisition.
I'm saying we did the worst thing in that scenario that we could do. I do think we miss Cole, I think it affected our chemistry. I think considering how he played prior to the trade it was a shock to the teams system.
