Richiebottles
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Why are we not contenders this year ?
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Richiebottles
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Why not ? We got trashed around by Ottawa last year but look at our bottom 6 this year. It will make a big difference. With more scorning and a depth addition on D we can make an impact. I think people think this team is a lot worst than it actually is.
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Simply not on Chicago, St.Louis, Boston, Anaheim, LA's level.
Only team I believe we could beat in a 4 of 7 out of these is Anaheim and Boston.
We'll be contender in a year or two when Subban, Gallagher, Galchenyuk... get on their prime.
Only team I believe we could beat in a 4 of 7 out of these is Anaheim and Boston.
We'll be contender in a year or two when Subban, Gallagher, Galchenyuk... get on their prime.
Sacrificing the pieces to get Vanek would just not make sense. This team is a bubble playoff contender at best. We have good young pieces so trading for an older asset (that might not even resign) is just stupid.
Moulson would cost less, but the same idea applies.
ArtPeur
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The problem is the top-6, not the bottom-6 which isn't much different than last year. The top-6 wasn't just tossed around, they couldn't score..
Moulson would be a huge asset for this team. I hope Bergevin goes after him.
Markov is the key. He needs to be traded to bring back some assets that can help offensively.
Mrb1p
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Anaheim is easily the best team in the league. They're also built for playoffs.
Le Barron de HF
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This team can squeeze out a couple of wins based on Price but we don't have the talent or the size to make it far. At least in 2010 we had playoff experience.
Hannibal
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- Feb 11, 2007
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This. Prepare yourself to get humiliated in playoff. That's why i want to trade Markov.
Prefer to loose in playoff with Beaulieu and Tinordi, to give them experience.
DJ Breadman
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Le Barron de HF
Justin make me proud
Anaheim is not built for the playoffs I'm sorry and they're not the best team either. LA, Chicago, STL and even SJ beat them in a playoff series in my opinion.
Hackett
BAKAMAN
Because there are only 7 legitimate teams in this league that are good enough to win the cup.
You can be anywhere else and you are not a contender.
You can be anywhere else and you are not a contender.
Malefic74
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Ultimately too small and soft on the back end in particular plus we don't have a great team built for tight checking games.
We could catch lightning in a bottle and might even get to ECF. That is probably the limit, because even if we got lucky and made it to the SCF, we would get owned by the big fast teams in the west.
And that is wildly optimistic. That being the case you don't mortgage future success for the chance to lose the Stanley Cup. Better to hold your assets and see what we can do over the summer. Getting rid of Murray and hopefully MT would be a nice start.
We could catch lightning in a bottle and might even get to ECF. That is probably the limit, because even if we got lucky and made it to the SCF, we would get owned by the big fast teams in the west.
And that is wildly optimistic. That being the case you don't mortgage future success for the chance to lose the Stanley Cup. Better to hold your assets and see what we can do over the summer. Getting rid of Murray and hopefully MT would be a nice start.
Lebowski
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Same old story. Couple of wins in a row, we're contenders. Couple of loses in a row, draft lottery here we come!
What this tells me is that we still lack a couple major pieces before we can truly contend to anything more than a playoff berth.
Contenders don't need to constantly remind themselves that they are contenders, because everyone agrees and knows that they are contenders. In the East, only the Pens and Bruins fit that description.
Until we severely upgrade our top 6 and find some consistency on defense, forget the idea of being contenders, much less by paying a king's ransom on trade deadline day for rentals. We're not at that point yet. I much rather develop our youngsters and let our key players already on the team gain maturity so that they'll be fit to lead this team to glory for years to come when the time is right.
If everything goes right, I give it 2 years, maybe 3 years at most before we become a true top tier team in this league. Until then, we will remain a bubble team, just like we've been for the last decade or so.
What this tells me is that we still lack a couple major pieces before we can truly contend to anything more than a playoff berth.
Contenders don't need to constantly remind themselves that they are contenders, because everyone agrees and knows that they are contenders. In the East, only the Pens and Bruins fit that description.
Until we severely upgrade our top 6 and find some consistency on defense, forget the idea of being contenders, much less by paying a king's ransom on trade deadline day for rentals. We're not at that point yet. I much rather develop our youngsters and let our key players already on the team gain maturity so that they'll be fit to lead this team to glory for years to come when the time is right.
If everything goes right, I give it 2 years, maybe 3 years at most before we become a true top tier team in this league. Until then, we will remain a bubble team, just like we've been for the last decade or so.
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The Ducks are 7-3-2 against the teams you mentioned in the regular season. I don't know how people can argue they haven't been the best team this season.
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Smokey Thompson
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I gotta disagree with this one. Regular season and playoffs are two different beasts. With speed and skill on all 4 lines, the Ducks are a great regular season team.
The thing is, that speed and skill can get shutdown in the tight checking playoffs. And their two best forwards Getzlaf and Perry can get away with playing against weaker competition during the regular season. But when they need to win a 7 game series against the Toews, Richards, Kopitars, Backes', etc. they will get shut down, similar to what happened with them vs Zets last season.
They also have two rookies on D and can use some help on the blue line.
Ice Poutine
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Lack of 5 on 5 scoring.
Lack of good d.
Lack of legitimate top 6 forwards
Lack of the ability to win faceoffs constantly
Lack of forward prospects who can step in and be useful.
A few other things.
Lack of good d.
Lack of legitimate top 6 forwards
Lack of the ability to win faceoffs constantly
Lack of forward prospects who can step in and be useful.
A few other things.
hockeyfan2k11
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So fickle. We win cup. We lose get rid of everybody. We have a lot of holes but are winning by beating inferior teams. Playoffs will allow teams to exploit our shortcomings and Therriens ineptitude. We won't be able to win games with our PP. You'll see.
Sterling Archer
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