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Balthazar said:
Foligno is a 36 yo 4th liner and Terevainen is a lower end 2nd liner.

I say he's playing with hot garbage, yes. Also they have no one to drive offense from the backend. Michkov is surrounded by a much better team.

Chicago tanked to a dangerously low level, they might have a hard time to get out of there long term even with Bedard.
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Do you realize how bad the Flyers are? They're not exactly a loaded roster. Michkov is also being centered by a guy in Couturier who is dangerously close to being a 4th liner himself at this point.

They aren't in drastically different situations.
 
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dahrougem2 said:
Roy said he finally realized after leaving Colorado that you can only do one: coach or GM.

If he wanted to make personnel decisions he should have held out for a GM role.
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Yeah and I think he's honestly right about it to. The jobs are different. The HC is all about winning every single day. The GM is about ensuring the long-term health of the organiztion. These two things can be in conflict with each other.

However, I don't think for a minute that Roy has given up on being a GM. I would not be surprised if he's Lou's replacement on Long Island.
 
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I watched the Oilers and Wings game and Detroit is one of those clubs who outplay their opponents but don't have the talent to make a difference. They should have been up 4-1 at the end of the first period yet lose the game. Edmonton looks awful though, absolutely no defensive structure that made them make the Cup finals.
 
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I watched the Oilers and Wings game and Detroit is one of those clubs who outplay their opponents but don't have the talent to make a difference. They should have been up 4-1 at the end of the first period yet lose the game. Edmonton looks awful though, absolutely no defensive structure that made them make the Cup finals.
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Brother Detroit is not that team. They have been getting their shit pushed in on a regular basis this season, been getting outshot an average of 35-21 per game.

They dominated the Oilers in the 1st period then proceeded to get outshot 29-13 and outscored 3-1 from the 2nd onward.

That is a bad, bad hockey club.
 
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dahrougem2 said:
Brother Detroit is not that team. They have been getting their shit pushed in on a regular basis this season, been getting outshot an average of 35-21 per game.

They dominated the Oilers in the 1st period then proceeded to get outshot 29-13 and outscored 3-1 from the 2nd onward.

That is a bad, bad hockey club.
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Yep. Very bad analytics.
 
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Balthazar said:
Sure sounds like he wants everyone to know that he wasn't on board or asked about it.
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dahrougem2 said:
Roy said he finally realized after leaving Colorado that you can only do one: coach or GM.

If he wanted to make personnel decisions he should have held out for a GM role.
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Doesn't mean Roy doesn't want a say in who is and who isn't on the roster. An Isles fan friend of mine said there's rumors abounding that Roy and Lamoriello had a row outside the locker room about Engvall. Take it with a grain of salt but I don't think this particular marriage is destined to last. Both egos are waaaaaaaaaaaay too big, and Lamoriello at this stage is a pretty bad GM.
 
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dahrougem2 said:
Brother Detroit is not that team. They have been getting their shit pushed in on a regular basis this season, been getting outshot an average of 35-21 per game.

They dominated the Oilers in the 1st period then proceeded to get outshot 29-13 and outscored 3-1 from the 2nd onward.

That is a bad, bad hockey club.
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Oh yeah, horrible. But I am just sayin' that Detroit with more talent could have put that game to bed by the first period alone...4-1 or 4-0. Pickard kept Edmonton in it.
 
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Like I told you lot, Oilers are a bad team with no structure whatsoever. Not sure how it was lost over an offseason, but that's what it looks like.
 
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dahrougem2 said:
Man I really hope that's not an achilles injury for McDavid.

It would be a god damn shame if the best player since Mario Lemieux suffers an injury that affects his greatest skillset on the ice.
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Ya I really hope you’re not right here that would be awful
 
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