one last post before leaving.
going to be a lot of hot takes on this season for the next few days and weeks, understandable based on the underperformance and disappointments.
Trying to be hockey rational in an irrational time, i think here's the changes we need to see;
1) Lavy won't be fired, honestly he shouldn't be. Not yet. Now if we come out very poorly the first half of next seson then it really becomes a possibility.
2) The assistant coaches should be gone. Both of them. If not at least one of them has to pay the price for these failures (because you cann't fire all the players).
3) An assistant that can coach up the PP is obviously a must have.
4) Fabbro has shown he is ready to move up to a 2nd pair right defenseman, which makes Ellis or Subban expendable and tradeable.
5) Ellis is the weakest link in the top 4.
6) Subban is the next weakest link, but the one you could get more for in a trade.
7) One of these two guys has to be bundled with Turris for a better 2nd line centerman. Almost have to do this.
8) Duchene would be the perfect 2nd line centerman for this team.
9) you give Granlund another chance at RW with a better 2nd line centerman and maybe Tolvanen on that LW.
10) If you cann't get an improvement at center, you go for a better 2nd line winger and start Granlund as the 2nd line centerman next year.
11) in general our bottom two lines are fine. them being mediocre offensive players only becomes a liability when your second line cann't score any better than they can.
12) I think trading Ellis/Subban makes us become a less blueline oriented team. which i think is exactly the direction we need to go. Our offense needs to run from the forwards out to the blueline, instead of from the blueline down to the forwards both even strength and espeically on the PP.
13) By being counted on for less offense, our defense can focus more on their true job, playing defense.
14) Saros/Rinne need to split time evenly next year. With Saros possibly taking over as number one the last half of the year if things go as we hope.
15) Really think Arvidsson can be moved down to the 2nd line RW and either Granlund/new RW/ Smith could be moved up. His offense comes from himself.
16) Bonino is a fine 3rd line centerman. He needs offensive help on the wing.
17) Boyle. Don't mind if we bring him back.
18) a bottom 6 of Bonino, Watson, Sissons, Boyle, Grimaldi, Smith, Jarnkrok isn't a problem. In fact that's a pretty damn good bottom 6.
19) Top 6 players HAVE to be added.
