Marlies team is rotten from top-to-bottom.
I have no idea how Kossila produces any points in this league because he is God awful. Can't skate, can't think, yet gets fed every opportunity by Moore. Just ran face first into Robertson on the PP with nobody else within 20 feet of them.
The entire veteran group needs to be gutted and replaced. Find other veterans that actually complement your lineup and work well with the young prospects instead of misfit pluggers with tunnel vision and low-skill.
Revamp the blueline so it's not composed of one-dimensional, undersized defenders or ECHLers.
Do not dress all of Green, McKenna, Robertson, Duszak, Petan, Kapcheck, etc. in the same game. Smallest team they've iced in some time, no surprise they get completely manhandled physically.
Size is not even my main concern with the group. The guys just can't even play most nights. They look lost and can hardly even string basic plays together.
I would say this team needs three new quality veterans up front (in addition to bringing Petan and Gaudet back) and three new quality veterans on defense (although one defenseman could be an AHL contract).
I'd be fine with re-signing Marincin to be in the top 4 LD along with Sandin and then re-sign Noesen to replace Joey Anderson. The rest I would source externally.
LW Nick Robertson – C Adam Brooks – RW Stefan Noesen
LW ??? – C Semyon Der-Arguchintsev – RW Nic Petan
LW Filip Hallander – C Tyler Gaudet – RW Alex Steeves
LW ??? – C Mikhail Abramov – RW Jeremy McKenna
LW Rich Clune - C Hudson Elynuik - RW Justin Brazeau
RW Scott Sabourin
LD Rasmus Sandin – RD ???
LD Martin Marincin – RD Mac Hollowell
LD Filip Kral – RD Joseph Duszak
LD Noel Hoefenmayer – RD ???
G Michael Hutchinson - G Veini Vehvilainen/Joseph Woll
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LW Pavel Gogolev – C Bobby McMann – RW Gordie Green
LW ??? – C ??? - RW ???
LW ??? – C ??? – RW ???
10th Todd Skirving
C Mark Tremaine
LD Sergei Sapego - RD Brennan Kapcheck
LD Riley McCourt - RD James Melindy
LD ??? - RD ???
G Ian Scott - G Maxim Zhukov