drgregg
SLAP CHOP
I have read this narrative all season and it is nonsense. At the beginning of the season our offence consisted of Stephan, a bunch of children and a bunch of borderline fourth liners.
This meant that pretty much every single one of these players was was being asked to play a greater role than they would ordinarily. It should surprise no one that that group would stumble out of the gate. Follow that up with abhorrent goaltending and a bottom defence pairing of 2 ahlers and you don’t need to be a brilliant prognosticator to see that there is an excellent likelihood that we would be in for a bad time.
Big Dave was right, we had no vet forwards worth a damn last year, so we could bid them all adios without shedding too many tears. However, restocking that group in a single offseason is too tall of an order.
This meant that pretty much every single one of these players was was being asked to play a greater role than they would ordinarily. It should surprise no one that that group would stumble out of the gate. Follow that up with abhorrent goaltending and a bottom defence pairing of 2 ahlers and you don’t need to be a brilliant prognosticator to see that there is an excellent likelihood that we would be in for a bad time.
Big Dave was right, we had no vet forwards worth a damn last year, so we could bid them all adios without shedding too many tears. However, restocking that group in a single offseason is too tall of an order.