Minnesota has gotten a lot of practice at this for our most likely first round matchup.
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Minnesota has gotten a lot of practice at this for our most likely first round matchup.
The real issue for him and his linemates are the lousy power play stats they have put up. That can turn in a game or two, although its clear we all have our doubts of how the PP will ever get fixed with this staff. The 5v5 numbers for him aren't great, but not horrendous. He's at 5.7 expected goals and he's scored 4 so that too could turn around in a couple of games. In general, I think this line is the biggest victim of the switch to PDB. They are better in open ice and playing fast on offense. While all three are decent grinders who can get a cycle going, far more of their goals come from rushes and fluid passing.
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Going to need to find a way to beat Minnesota before even thinking about the Avs.
In all honestly, I see a series against the Wild going the same way as our series against Dallas last season.
I don't. I doubt we beat the Avs, but I have a sneaking suspicion we beat Minnesota. Of course, trades and injuries can change all that. I do agree we have some masked deficiencies, as do all teams. I see a few strengths and a few big problems - obviously the power play, and also losing faceoffs. Getting some meaningful goals on the power play (we're ranked 24th, but that's a mirage, we're worse than that, we've scored multiple power play goals in games already decided that were meaningless, when it counts, ours is dreadful) opens up the rest of the ice so teams can't just pack it in and make their goalies look like the second coming of Hasek.
I don't. I doubt we beat the Avs, but I have a sneaking suspicion we beat Minnesota. Of course, trades and injuries can change all that. I do agree we have some masked deficiencies, as do all teams. I see a few strengths and a few big problems - obviously the power play, and also losing faceoffs. Getting some meaningful goals on the power play (we're ranked 24th, but that's a mirage, we're worse than that, we've scored multiple power play goals in games already decided that were meaningless, when it counts, ours is dreadful) opens up the rest of the ice so teams can't just pack it in and make their goalies look like the second coming of Hasek.
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I don't think we're a legit Cup contender as currently constructed. We need a significant upgrade to the bottom 6 and Reaves/Kolesar simply can't be in the lineup at the same time.
That said, I don't think there's a chance in hell we're not playing Colorado in the 2nd round. Minnesota is a few years out from really being in the mix. They've got abysmal centers and no real team identity. They're not tough to play against and also not super skilled. They also don't have a goalie that I think can steal an entire series. And whoever gets the 4th spot is just going to get smoked.
That said, I don't think there's a chance in hell we're not playing Colorado in the 2nd round. Minnesota is a few years out from really being in the mix. They've got abysmal centers and no real team identity. They're not tough to play against and also not super skilled. They also don't have a goalie that I think can steal an entire series. And whoever gets the 4th spot is just going to get smoked.
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With the low amount of participation, I really like the idea of season matchup game threads this season.
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Minnesota is 5th in the league in goals allowed. That fact alone is enough to make me concerned about playing them.
Also they just beat us 4 times in a row so we’ve given them way too much extra confidence.
The number of goals our team scored in those games was 0, 3, 2 and 1. In the game with 3 goals, Coghlan scored all 3 of the goals.
In one of the recent games McNabb scored a goal.
So our defenseman scored 4 goals and everyone else scored 2 in those 4 games.
I can’t believe we let them score a couple of power play goals too. That is a major weakness of theirs that our team should be able to handle. Hopeful in a playoff series, that would change and it could be enough to make the difference in a low scoring series. Not having Lehner lose a shootout (or our shooters fail to score in a shootout) should help too.
Also they just beat us 4 times in a row so we’ve given them way too much extra confidence.
The number of goals our team scored in those games was 0, 3, 2 and 1. In the game with 3 goals, Coghlan scored all 3 of the goals.
In one of the recent games McNabb scored a goal.
So our defenseman scored 4 goals and everyone else scored 2 in those 4 games.
I can’t believe we let them score a couple of power play goals too. That is a major weakness of theirs that our team should be able to handle. Hopeful in a playoff series, that would change and it could be enough to make the difference in a low scoring series. Not having Lehner lose a shootout (or our shooters fail to score in a shootout) should help too.
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Hague and Glass were sent down to TS yesterday. CapFriendly doesn't show that Hague was brought back up today....
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CF is slow with the TS stuff, there's been times where Hague is showing as being on the TS while playing in a game. Also when Glass got called up they still had him in minors for a good while.
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Good to know. Not seeing anything on Reddit either, which would usually pick up the player move tweets of Twitter.
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Yeah, I usually check the ReviewJournal guys on twitter about potential morning skate roster updates. If nothing expect the same lineup as last game.
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I mean more than depth issues we have cap issues lol, Stepho's back at least.Ugh. Can we ice a complete freaking team?
But we don't have depth issues......
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We've got Kolesar at least.We have depth issues because we have cap issues
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