SirClintonPortis
ProudCapitalsTraitor
Where do you get the information that Vegas has terrible players? Or are you mistaking unheralded names for garbage? Shea Theodore, Nate Schmidt, and Colin Miller are ten times more skilled than our entire D corps. Just a cursory look at the hockeynews scouting profile indicates that they are defensemen with plenty of offense in them. These sleeper players and late bloomers have always existed before. Hell, before the 2010-2011 season, a guy like Mark Giordano was viewed in the same way as a solid second pair guy or just unknown to those who didn't follow the Flames.I mean you may be right about our roster not being great but how about we start by getting the most out of it?
Why in the world was Galchenyuk playing on the 4th line for the first however many games? It's idiotic.
Our roster isn't that bad. It's MUCH better than Vegas imo. Yet look at the results....
Marchessault had just broekn out with a 30 goal season and Reilly Smith is a generally steady player who has outproduced Gallagher more often than not. James Neal was a consistent 20 goal scorer, which is more than Shaw or Danault claim. Haula and Eakin are both speedy centers who are not great scorers, but that's about the same or better than Danault.
William Karlsson is the real breakout star, he's basically their Pacioretty. David Perron is also playing above his normal career production, but Drouin has really not proven he's more than a Perron clone.