Your teams biggest disappointments so far?

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Mike Green

 

[RichWVU]

Geno's injury. Looked to be set up for a monster good-Geno kind of year.

 

[WHISTLERNATE]

Jim Benning was given a 3 yr extension earlier this year without any merit. I guess 5 straight years of being a lottery team is the new standard in Vancouver.

It's 4 years. and a rebuild. Not many teams have a roster with as much young talent as the Canucks do after a 4 year rebuild. Sure, Benning has f'd up his share of moves, as every GM does, but having a team compete for a playoff spot in year 5 of a rebuild is far better than most rebuilds go.

Benning more than earned that extension. He has this team set up for a long run of success.

 

[WHISTLERNATE]

Ferland for the Canucks. Not physical, and is already on the 3rd line.

 

[Lacaar]

Afternoon games. At least for the Oilers.. they f***ing blow ass... Saturday afternoon hockey at 11am.. ummm yay

 

[Bounces R Way]

Bennett, Sam

Season is still young tho

 

[Rubi]

Sam Bennett
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Everything else

 

[Aladyyn]

Krueger's lineup and ice-time allocation decisions. He mostly gets it right but the things he doesn't are big yikes

 

[Tifosi]

 

[AK87]

Pavelski has been a little lack-luster so far for what we are paying him.

 

[Patty Ice]

How much time ya got?

 

[Bond]

Sam Bennett and Jankowski

 

[Chips]

For the Caps it is, as usual for the season start, that the defense goaltending and offense aren’t clicking at the same time.
Not playing full games. I really really wish they’d learn to NOT play “prevent defense” after building a lead. This is a f***ing 90% offense team... play offense. Attack regardless of score.

This Caps team could be undefeated right now... they keep starting very strong, building healthy leads, blowing that lead, building another, losing another, etc

It’s frustrating as hell. Offensively, and that including our defenseman in transition/pinching/skating and holding the puck in the zone, this team is strong. Even defensively, early, our new guys mostly look really good. Gudas’ “advances stats” so far are actually very strong.
But then sit back and let the other team control the end of the game.

 

[M88K]

The obvious choice would be Jamie Benn, but I expected him to suck so he's not disappointing more like living up to expectations.
So i'll go with Klingberg.

 

[TSN Jdog]

Marner has been questionable off the puck

WTH He was awesome in that playoff series why couldnt he carry this forward?

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Andersen, Rielly, Marner, Tavares, Kapanen have been Toronto's worst players so far. Tavares gets a pass because he has a new child and is probably more focused on that though

 

[Sanchise90]

Florida Panthers:

The first line. Especially Dadonov and Barkov.

I haven't been watching, but I've been looking at the numbers. it looks like they're generating scoring chances. Have they looked bad or is it just a matter of not converting?

 

[PinSeeker]

European Showtime - Nygard and Haas - have failed to gain much footing so far. I know it's early, but they need to produce a little bit.

 

[57special]

Just about every forward besides Foligno and Hartman, and they are 4th liners.

 

[Tage2Tuch]

They hired Phil housley and kept him over a year. And no (certain leaf fans) we didn’t start out good last year we lost our first half dozen games. Every time someone says anything remotely good about buffalo that is posted by someone with TML in their username, can’t for the life of me understand why.

In reality I would probably say though the fact mittlestadt is playing ten minutes a night with vesey. I think he could be utilized better. Even in the games he didn’t get points last year he was good.

 

[Raistlin]

There is no reason to keep Benning outside of amateur scouting, so If the canucks make the playoffs, he doesnt need to be here. not to mention three years. But the biggest disappointment is definitely Loui Eriksson, why is he not shot to the moon yet?

 

[LarKing]

AA hasn’t been good so far but is coming off an injury. Other than that I’d say the secondary scoring hasn’t provided much but that’s what happens when you send all your best young guys down and have a plethora of awful vets.

 

[ViD]

Elvis hasn’t entered the building for the Jackets

 

[Ace of Hades]

The top line, Horvat and Stecher so far. Tho in fairness to Stecher he isn't getting much playing time and doesn't have much chemistry with Benn.

 

[threeVo]

Mittelstadt stinks and should be in the AHL