BudRobinson53
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- Sep 5, 2020
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Seriously. This team has maybe 3 wins without Markstrom.
Too harsh, we can look that way, but we shouldn't. Where is EDM without one of McDavid or Draisaitl? They would likely have to do a full 'blow it up' rebuild around the 1 player. Where is Toronto without Mathews? etc. Where is Montreal if you take away Toffoli and Petry's surprise scoring so far?
I love Markstrom. It's clear how much he helps our team, but our roster isn't terrible, it just hasn't found consistency, yet.
Have yet to play a game vs. the worst team in this division, when many have played them 3-4 times. But, we have won 4/5 vs. Vancouver and could have won the 5th if not for all of our previous wins, putting them on their death bed, which triggered a "big game" response before game 20 of the regular season.
If by some miracle, we are able to beat Vancouver on Wednesday, likely with Rittich in net, they are done in my opinion and playing out the string, starting at game 21.
Let's be patient, it's very hard to make trades this year, especially getting players into Canada with the long quarantine. My thought is that Edmonton is going to implode due to goaltending, now that they start playing real teams. Montreal is not going to score as much as they have, Toronto has defense issues (eternally) and WPG defense has to catch up to them eventually.
With slight improvement, more goal scoring, we have a good chance of 2nd or 3rd in this division. The vets on this team aren't going to blow a gasket now with a lot of games left to play.