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Our forward group is every bit as good as the cup team and probably even better when you consider the new additions.

We have some tough choices to make once Sunny comes off IR, but I think we're in the "good problems to have" territory.

Now to address the defense (if we need to at all).
 

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Hmm is DLR resigned or UFA?

Lurked our PK squad who has played how much. Chief used him quite a lot at PK when played in team.

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Have to admit I have soft spot on forward who plays gritty style, good at PK and is monster st FO. Bozak is so underrated on that part. Shame he doesn't have mean side on his game.
56.8% at FO just near behind of ROR. Schenn also impressive numbers at FO circle.

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Hmm is DLR resigned or UFA?

Lurked our PK squad who has played how much. Chief used him quite a lot at PK when played in team.

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Have to admit I have soft spot on forward who plays gritty style, good at PK and is monster st FO. Bozak is so underrated on that part. Shame he doesn't have mean side on his game.
56.8% at FO just near behind of ROR. Schenn also impressive numbers at FO circle.

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He went back to play in Sweden, because he wanted to be closer to his mother who recently got diagnosed with cancer.
 

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Hmm is DLR resigned or UFA?

Lurked our PK squad who has played how much. Chief used him quite a lot at PK when played in team.

NHL Stats

Have to admit I have soft spot on forward who plays gritty style, good at PK and is monster st FO. Bozak is so underrated on that part. Shame he doesn't have mean side on his game.
56.8% at FO just near behind of ROR. Schenn also impressive numbers at FO circle.

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DLR went back to Sweden to be closer to family. I believe he has a sick parent. We retain his rights if he comes back to the US, but he signed a multi-year deal in Sweden.
 

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If Tarasenko is healthy and returns to a 35g scorer, this is a loaded roster. Do not sleep on Kostin and Mikkola being in the opening game lineup. They add much needed size and toughness to this team. The same goes for Joshua on the 4th line. I want all 3 in the opening game lineup.
 
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If Tarasenko is healthy and returns to a 35g scorer, this is a loaded roster. Do not sleep on Kostin and Mikkola being in the opening game lineup. They add much needed size and toughness to this team. The same goes for Joshua on the 4th line. I want all 3 in the opening game lineup.
I have beat this discussion to death and death repeatedly, but Krug and Scandella needs to get upgraded better player with those price tags.
 

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Just Scandella. Krug is a legitimate top 4 defenseman, he just got stuck in a role he wasn’t suited for last season.
I don't get hate on Scandella. He was great when he first got here. Last year he played hurt and was inconsistent. Maybe he is a bit overpaid, but folks act like we can just plug in Mikkola to replace him and that is silly.
 

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I don't get hate on Scandella. He was great when he first got here. Last year he played hurt and was inconsistent. Maybe he is a bit overpaid, but folks act like we can just plug in Mikkola to replace him and that is silly.

This isn’t me hating on Scandella at all. I would just prefer us to eventually move Vladi for a borderline top pair LHD, and then drop Marco to the third pairing.
 
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Just Scandella. Krug is a legitimate top 4 defenseman, he just got stuck in a role he wasn’t suited for last season.
With 6.5mill.$ price tag he's overpaid. We got fooled around, well, Army got fooled around thinking Krug is top4 dmen. You can put random dmen behind Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak and they will look elite dmen. + playing behind those + getting all the points on that powerplay unite, you will got untruthful data. When he got Blues he got exposed. Now we just have to hope he can somehowe find somehing what could fill that price tag. Hopefully he mesh powerplay in Blues, that is where his best atributes comes shining. Defensively Krug is garbage. Basically Krug is old (matured) version of Dunn.
 
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With 6.5mill.$ price tag he's overpaid. We got fooled around, well, Army got fooled around thinking Krug is top4 dmen. You can put random dmen behind Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak and they will look elite dmen. + playing behind those + getting all the points on that powerplay unite, you will got untruthful data. When he got Blues he got exposed. Now we just have to hope he can somehowe find somehing what could fill that price tag. Hopefully he mesh powerplay in Blues, that is where his best atributes comes shining. Defensively Krug is garbage. Basically Krug is old (matured) version of Dunn.

See the thing is, he never got top pairing matchups in Boston. Those were for McAvoy and Chara. He was consistently on the second pairing with Carlo, and excelled in that role.

Give him a year where we actually have a healthy Colt to take away a lot of those extra responsibilities he had, and also one where he can actually bond with his teammates off the ice, and I think you’ll see a much improved version of him.

He’s excellent offensively and mediocre defensively, but we don’t have any other guy who can put up those numbers from the back end, so I don’t buy the more expensive Dunn talk either. He’s absolutely worth $6.5, especially compared to what other offensive dmen are getting now.
 

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Training Camp is almost officially here. On-ice practices begin Thursday so that probably means fitness testing and all the introductory stuff happens Wednesday.

Jim Thomas or JR, I forget which, reported that all Blues players are vaccinated.

Good stuff, happy to have hockey back.
 

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With 6.5mill.$ price tag he's overpaid. We got fooled around, well, Army got fooled around thinking Krug is top4 dmen. You can put random dmen behind Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak and they will look elite dmen. + playing behind those + getting all the points on that powerplay unite, you will got untruthful data. When he got Blues he got exposed. Now we just have to hope he can somehowe find somehing what could fill that price tag. Hopefully he mesh powerplay in Blues, that is where his best atributes comes shining. Defensively Krug is garbage. Basically Krug is old (matured) version of Dunn.

Just want to confirm my opinions of your opinions here-you believe Torrey Krug is a bottom pairing defenseman?
 
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Just want to confirm my opinions of your opinions here-you believe Torrey Krug is a bottom pairing defenseman?
Yes.

But he can play all PP ice time and get best o-zone starts and other fav opponent. Sheltered from toughest opponent, d-zone starts and PK.
 
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