I think that so many of our injuries have been long term, Vokoun, Dupius and Martin, that I think the disparity in our record with Sid scoring/not scoring still seems valid.
And I can't remember, but didn't we do well record wise, when we were at the height of our injuries and half of WBS was up there? I could be wrong on that, but I thought we did well during that time.
This is what I am referring to, this team is capable of winning without Sid and/or Geno, certainly not over a long term, but when we were littered with injuries we still found a way to win. Sid certainly helped, but he only plays 22mins a night, thats 38mins he's not on the ice. So others have to step up, and they did, we played some awesome defensive hockey for 60 mins a game during that time span - given that Sid was sitting on the bench for 38 mins of those games, guess what, someone else was performing too.
I wasn't saying that we aren't better with them on the ice and scoring, but when they are your top players and put up a **** -tonne of points, ya guess what our record when they don't get points is going to be poor because in those games we don't score as much - seems pretty simple to me.
When we have 18mil allocated between the two players, I sure hope they are stepping up and scoring big points, leading by example etc. To complain that we win when they step up is a bit asinine, because the majority of the time, they are the guys putting the points on the board anyways. Craig Adams certainly ain't doing that, Glass isn't, Vitale isnt, etc. They're role players, we expect them to
contribute on occasion yes, but to expect them to continuously win us games on the score sheet, ya no that isn't happening on any team.
I'd fully expect more-or-less every team in the league to have a poor record when they're star quality doesn't score, that's just the way it works. Post a comparison to Chicago all you want, but they haven't had the injury woes we have this season, they haven't lost key pieces to their team like we have. That and as we all know, they're offensive core is deeper than ours already. Toews and Kane are outstanding players, but they aren't on the same level as offensive catalysts and Sid and Geno are. With this team, chances are, when an offensive play is created, Sid and Geno are part of it.
Sidney the Kidney - 11-9-7, while impressive, is not a winning record as you stated. Win v Loss wise, that translates to 11-16.
btw - yes Sid did score the winning goal in that TML game, however it was the play of Pascal Dupuis on the boards with a steal that created that opportunity.
