These Are The Days
Oh no! We suck again!!
Alright so that sucked. I'm devastated beyond words right now but talking about next year feels therapeutic for me. I'm personally under the impression that next year is Cup or bust given the fact that we were so close now. Mods feel free to delete the thread or just have it buried if me creating this thread is redundant.
Going forward it excites me to think that we are likely to have the EXACT same team minus a few players but the changes will hardly be radical. I'll give it a whirl as to what we can expect the team to look like this coming season
Forwards
Drouin-Stamkos-Callahan
Palat-Johnson-Kucherov
Killorn-Filppula-Namestnikov
Paquette-Boyle-Brown
Defense
Hedman-Stralman
Garrison-Coburn
Carle??-Nesterov??
Koekkoek
Bishop
Vasilevskiy
Big prospects in the pipeline
Erne
DeAngelo
Koekkoek -potentially if we send him back down
Point
Peca
The most interesting aspect to me is what the defense will look like. As far as I'm concerned Nesterov has earned a spot in the bottom pairing with Carle. And for all intents and purposes I think Koekkoek looked fantastic in the few games he got to play and I am all for us putting him in as our #7 guy and giving him sheltered minutes and spot PK duty at the start the season on the nights we go 11 forwards 7 defensemen and slowly mature him into a bigger role in the team and by season's end he is playing regular minutes. He'll start the year as the healthy scratch and pay his dues like Kucherov and Drouin before him. But by the all star break you put the kid in on bigger and bigger minutes and groom him for the top 4 role. I don't think it's a secret that we are going to expect him to be our #4 defenseman when Coburn's contract expires. I think he's going to be a quick learner and I think he will be up to the task.
As far as I'm concerned, Sustr better played his last game for us. That kid is a flaming bag of dog **** every time he hits the ice. I know I'm being hard on him but I've NEVER seen anyone screw up as much as he does. He and Andrej Meszaros are the two worst defensemen I've had the privilege of watching in my 10 years as a Lightning fan. If he is still on the team next year I'm gonna pull my damn hair out.
Lastly: I do think we are going to move Carle but I DON'T think it will be immediately since his cap hit is not going to cause us issues to start the season . I think he would accept a trade to a potential contender that's willing to do a deal such as an Anaheim or a Pittsburgh but I don't know what they'd do with him.
The cap relief alone will be compensation enough.
ITS CUP OR BUST NEXT YEAR GUYS! LETS GO LIGHTNING!!
Going forward it excites me to think that we are likely to have the EXACT same team minus a few players but the changes will hardly be radical. I'll give it a whirl as to what we can expect the team to look like this coming season
Forwards
Drouin-Stamkos-Callahan
Palat-Johnson-Kucherov
Killorn-Filppula-Namestnikov
Paquette-Boyle-Brown
Defense
Hedman-Stralman
Garrison-Coburn
Carle??-Nesterov??
Koekkoek
Bishop
Vasilevskiy
Big prospects in the pipeline
Erne
DeAngelo
Koekkoek -potentially if we send him back down
Point
Peca
The most interesting aspect to me is what the defense will look like. As far as I'm concerned Nesterov has earned a spot in the bottom pairing with Carle. And for all intents and purposes I think Koekkoek looked fantastic in the few games he got to play and I am all for us putting him in as our #7 guy and giving him sheltered minutes and spot PK duty at the start the season on the nights we go 11 forwards 7 defensemen and slowly mature him into a bigger role in the team and by season's end he is playing regular minutes. He'll start the year as the healthy scratch and pay his dues like Kucherov and Drouin before him. But by the all star break you put the kid in on bigger and bigger minutes and groom him for the top 4 role. I don't think it's a secret that we are going to expect him to be our #4 defenseman when Coburn's contract expires. I think he's going to be a quick learner and I think he will be up to the task.
As far as I'm concerned, Sustr better played his last game for us. That kid is a flaming bag of dog **** every time he hits the ice. I know I'm being hard on him but I've NEVER seen anyone screw up as much as he does. He and Andrej Meszaros are the two worst defensemen I've had the privilege of watching in my 10 years as a Lightning fan. If he is still on the team next year I'm gonna pull my damn hair out.
Lastly: I do think we are going to move Carle but I DON'T think it will be immediately since his cap hit is not going to cause us issues to start the season . I think he would accept a trade to a potential contender that's willing to do a deal such as an Anaheim or a Pittsburgh but I don't know what they'd do with him.
The cap relief alone will be compensation enough.
ITS CUP OR BUST NEXT YEAR GUYS! LETS GO LIGHTNING!!
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