Reveille1984
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- Dec 3, 2014
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I'm with you on this. Sick and tired of this shitAt this point in time neither Cronin nor Verbeek have any credibility that what they say is meaningful or truthful. So until they show me improvement on the ice I don't really care what they have to say.
Especially after he admitting totally whiffing on signing the impact guys he wanted to sign. Getting middling replacements for Rico and Lyubushkin instead of upgrades makes the playoffs pretty hard to imagine without huge seasons from 5/7 of the kids (Z, Mac, Cutter, Leo, Mintyukov, Zellweger, Dostal).Make almost no meaningful additions and think you're going to go from one of the worst teams in the league to in the hunt for the playoffs? Come on. It would take an unbelievable leap from almost every one of our kids for that to even be a possibility.
All it requires is that all the other teams in the Pacific regress.Make almost no meaningful additions and think you're going to go from one of the worst teams in the league to in the hunt for the playoffs? Come on. It would take an unbelievable leap from almost every one of our kids for that to even be a possibility.
What do people expect him to say? He knows where this team is at and that it would take amazing improvement from the young players to be competitive. He's not very good at the PR aspect of being a GM, but this is kind of how he has to spin it. Fans that expect a bottom 3 team to make the playoffs the next year through magical FA signings are the ones who need to get real.
I think they’ll flirt with it next year and then make it the following year (2026-2027).Verbeek is essentially at the point of the rebuild where he said the team was when he took it over. Should be 2-3 more seasons away from legitimately flirting with the playoffs.
Yeah, I’m hedging because of the uncertainty around Vatrano and Gudas, with no obvious replacement for either likely to be available for either by the time their contracts are up.I think they’ll flirt with it next year and then make it the following year (2026-2027).
But I’m pretty bullish
Somebody on Reddit was at the early skates and said Z’s skating looks noticeably betterSo has anyone actually been to camp today that can report back on anything? All I've seen is Zellweger cut his lip and Johnston/Mac got physical with each other during a drill.
I think we kind of have to do what it takes to hold onto Vatrano at this point given the alternatives. Outside of Gauthier who is 20 years old and completely unproven, he's the only real "sniper" type player that we have.Yeah, I’m hedging because of the uncertainty around Vatrano and Gudas, with no obvious replacement for either likely to be available for either by the time their contracts are up.
There was a video on Ducks insta where he skated in the offensive zone. Looked really really well with his skating yeahSomebody on Reddit was at the early skates and said Z’s skating looks noticeably better
Can I ask what other lines you are seeing?Fabbri is moving very well. On a line with Strome and Vatrano
I was watching team 3, just switched to team 1Can I ask what other lines you are seeing?
To be fair he didn't says he thinks we'll make the playoffs, just that he wants us to
Lines combos for these are still the same ones posted in the tweets that can be found in the first few pages of this thread (they made another tweet that the lines for day 3 would be the same as the last 2, but I didn't bother posting it)