Hard to believe Johnson could be any worse than he has been....but he is.
Last minute of period goals against.
Short handed goals against.
Cull coaching. Johnson managing.
No D.
Comets will be lucky to win 5 games.
They have won 1 of 2 so far, but the 2nd one, the loss, was pitiful. They were outclassed at every turn with the exception of some good play by the first line which with Baertschi and Anas on the wings is understandable. The goalie battle was a total mismatch. Kielly showed he is not ready to compete at this level.
The Crunch with a Tampa Bay supplied team has been tough enough to play against, but with the addition of the Florida Panthers prospects to the pool they are even more impressive.
Couple that with St.Louis sending the Comets a handful of really good players while Benning and Johnson didn't hold up their end of the bargain, the season outlook is not exactly good. However, the 32-game schedule without playoffs doesn't seem to matter and I would venture that's exactly how Benning/Johnson viewed it. Lind, Jasek, Gazdjovich, Lockwood, and Woo were left with only Baertschi by the Canucks. Had Vancouver added a handful of good hockey players to keep up their end of the bargain like St. Louis did, this could have been a very entertaining 14-game series between the Comets and the Crunch. It doesn't look that way at the moment.