I think this is one of the most well balanced teams I've seen in quite a while, at almost every position.
Top 10 goalie,
solid 1-2-3 punch of Plek, Desh, and Chuckie up the middle of the ice that will only improve as Chuckie gets older and more confident.
BGally, Pacioretty and Eller bring some goal scoring to the wings, along with Vets Cole and Gionta
Defense is looking great, someone posted a graphic earlier that Markov, Diaz, Gorges and Emelin are each top five in Goals, assists, Blocked shots and hits respectively. Then you mix subban in who does a bit of all of that, defense on the team looks solid.
Then you add in some guys down on the farm like Ellis, Beaulieu and Tinordi and the defense looks like it'll produce a stable pool of guys to run with for a while. As well while none of them (sans markov and subban from last season) has looked like a true top 2 defender they all have looked like steady number threes.
I think what will allow us to become one of the better teams is if the drafting really keeps up over the next few, if we can get a player who can replace an aging vet at just the right time this team will be good for a very long time to come.
While many were calling for a full rebuild I think chuckie is all it takes, he puts a solid offensive stud into the mix which has always been our problem, we have all the pieces to surround one but never one that can slot in. Now that Chuckie is here the team can focus around building the offense around him and the defense around price.
I also 100% prefer this team over 07/08
Top 10 goalie,
solid 1-2-3 punch of Plek, Desh, and Chuckie up the middle of the ice that will only improve as Chuckie gets older and more confident.
BGally, Pacioretty and Eller bring some goal scoring to the wings, along with Vets Cole and Gionta
Defense is looking great, someone posted a graphic earlier that Markov, Diaz, Gorges and Emelin are each top five in Goals, assists, Blocked shots and hits respectively. Then you mix subban in who does a bit of all of that, defense on the team looks solid.
Then you add in some guys down on the farm like Ellis, Beaulieu and Tinordi and the defense looks like it'll produce a stable pool of guys to run with for a while. As well while none of them (sans markov and subban from last season) has looked like a true top 2 defender they all have looked like steady number threes.
I think what will allow us to become one of the better teams is if the drafting really keeps up over the next few, if we can get a player who can replace an aging vet at just the right time this team will be good for a very long time to come.
While many were calling for a full rebuild I think chuckie is all it takes, he puts a solid offensive stud into the mix which has always been our problem, we have all the pieces to surround one but never one that can slot in. Now that Chuckie is here the team can focus around building the offense around him and the defense around price.
I also 100% prefer this team over 07/08
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