2024 25 Kraken Roster Discussion
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Scomerica
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Ha my uncle who is a Canucks fan text saying they really need us to win tonight
Fuhrious
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yeah exactly. Do Bylsma and Co seriously think they can stave off whatever fate Francis and ownership have waiting for them if they win a couple more games at this “you’re all but eliminated” stage of the season?
I would say in terms of the composition of the roster, you'd expect the team to have bigger issues with offense. We don't have the topliners.
Compositionally we are closer to being able to play a grind it out defense but after the revolt against Hakstol we're naturally swinging away from cautious defensive hockey.
It was for a year.
Winning teams have identities but I'd say it comes more from the winning - being good at hockey and so being able to impose your style. If you're not good enough to do that then there's no style to be expressed.
It wasn't a very talented roster - less talented than the current one - but it had a lot of high end grinders (Tolvanen - Gourde - Bjorkstrand was amazing before Gourde fell off) and a heavy forechecking system that was well suited for them. That's not a fluke.
Immediately.
He had left them a great pool of young talent. Aho, Slavin, etc...
And yes, the Waddell/Dundon/Tulsky team made a few big moves that changed things right away. They hired Rod Brind'Amour, dumped Jeff Skinner, and traded Hanifin and Lindholm for Dougie Hamilton.
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As I recall he drafted well and left them with a deep talent pool of prospects but had to work with an internal cap when it came time to build out his roster each offseason.
