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Since it's the dog days of the offseason with not much else to talk about, I was curious what everyone thought about our chances for the upcoming season
IMO the team is much better on paper, IMO, than it was heading in to last season. We will have a full season of Gavrikov and I think our D will be much better. PLD gives us some of the best center depth in the league and should be a nightmare match up for other teams
The two question marks are G and wings.
Our goaltending is an obvious question mark. But, how much of one?
Last season, the goaltending was awful until Copely stole the net on Dec 6. The team was one game under .500 ( I am counting OTLs as losses)
Copely was 24-6-3 last season with a 2.64 GAA and .903
Compared to Quick's 31-27-11 3.50 and .876 (with the Kings)
and Petersen's 5-3-2 3.75 and .868
So can it be argued that our goaltending going to this season is better? Assuming that Copely can repeat what he did last season and that if Talbot can provide average goaltending that our goaltending can actually improve over last season.
There are a few ifs also:
Can Clarke step in and be better than Durzi on both sides on the puck
Can Kaliyev finally break through and be a top 6 forward?
Can the 4th line not be a liability that Hockeysistah thinks should be traded?
My guess: We finish about 10 points ahead of last season
What are your thoughts LGK?
IMO the team is much better on paper, IMO, than it was heading in to last season. We will have a full season of Gavrikov and I think our D will be much better. PLD gives us some of the best center depth in the league and should be a nightmare match up for other teams
The two question marks are G and wings.
Our goaltending is an obvious question mark. But, how much of one?
Last season, the goaltending was awful until Copely stole the net on Dec 6. The team was one game under .500 ( I am counting OTLs as losses)
Copely was 24-6-3 last season with a 2.64 GAA and .903
Compared to Quick's 31-27-11 3.50 and .876 (with the Kings)
and Petersen's 5-3-2 3.75 and .868
So can it be argued that our goaltending going to this season is better? Assuming that Copely can repeat what he did last season and that if Talbot can provide average goaltending that our goaltending can actually improve over last season.
There are a few ifs also:
Can Clarke step in and be better than Durzi on both sides on the puck
Can Kaliyev finally break through and be a top 6 forward?
Can the 4th line not be a liability that Hockeysistah thinks should be traded?
My guess: We finish about 10 points ahead of last season
What are your thoughts LGK?
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