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Honestly, that’s more of a testament to the Devils. They’ve had 7 consecutive games where they’ve held their opponents to 20 or fewer shots. Which is insane.
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Honestly, that’s more of a testament to the Devils. They’ve had 7 consecutive games where they’ve held their opponents to 20 or fewer shots. Which is insane.
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Aren't we 1 and 1 against the Devils? I'm not terribly worried about them being some God tier team. They are good and one if the top teams in the east. As a matter of fact we are 1 and 1 against both them and Washington and we think our team is bad. 5th best in the east and have handled the top 2 teams pretty well. Now the Cats drug us but we were also struggling with net minding.
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Who said anything about them being a "God Tier" Team
I simply said they are a force and have shored up 2 areas that have held them back in the past.
Yeah. If I compare their roster with ours, the Devils clearly look to be the better team to me. They've got great defensive depth, excellent forwards, and two solid goaltenders. They're also a young team and look to be a force for a decade.
The good thing we have going is we have a lot of veteran depth and our players know how to win playoff games and to win grinding games. It's still not clear how the Devils will do defensively if they play a contending team. Last time we outed them, we eviscerated their whole gameplan and scored at will. This year I could see a Devils-Canes series going either way, and I think their core has probably learned some from their mistakes.
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Can’t ignore the major upgrade of going from Ruff to Keefe behind the bench. What’s even funnier if the consideration that NJ gave Ruff a multi year extension at the beginning of last year.
Never know when a young team is going to change from a losing contender (often for years) to the champ.
I watched a NHL Network broadcast this afternoon on Stanley cup winners that started with Canadians in the 70’s, then to the isles and Oilers dynastic early 80’s teams. Each of those teams lost for years until the light bulb went off and then their talent, maturity plus physical determination took them to a Championship(s). Naturally, it helped to have Dryden, Smith and Fuhr manning the pipes too.
Canes have a shot TY and their core sure have endured a bunch of losing but (sadly) right now I don’t see the skill, roster makeup nor the determination that would make them champions this year. A fun team to watch and they will win a bunch but will fall short again unless some significant TDL moves can be made.
As of now
Teams I think we’d go into a series as clear underdogs against: Panthers
Teams we’d be neck and neck with: Devils, Capitals, Lightning
Teams we’d be favored against: everyone else?
Teams I think we’d go into a series as clear underdogs against: Panthers
Teams we’d be neck and neck with: Devils, Capitals, Lightning
Teams we’d be favored against: everyone else?
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Besides Bolts in the East-in a playoff series, both Leafs & Tampa will physically run us out of the building. We have no answer against them physically (Tampa had slugfest game versus Fl tonight and stood up/ handled them..Canes have no shot as their play/mindset is weak). Our best opportunity is against NJ as they are not overly physical but they do have more dynamic game breaking o & D stars and their goalie is better too.
Out West: Oilers and Winnipeg have size and skill to best the Canes and Avs with better goalkeeping is up there too.
If Borg is serious about winning this year they need to:
Get a 2c
Get A BIG skilled winger for top line to play with aho-Jarvis
Get a skilled winger to play with Necas and the new 2C
Move Robinson to 4th line with Jost and Drury when he returns
Trade KK, JR & send Blake to Chicago for more development. He is too slow and small for NHL right now.
Consider moving Walker for a more rugged defenseman to pair with Ghost
Besides Bolts in the East-in a playoff series, both Leafs & Tampa will physically run us out of the building. We have no answer against them physically (Tampa had slugfest game versus Fl tonight and stood up/ handled them..Canes have no shot as their play/mindset is weak). Our best opportunity is against NJ as they are not overly physical but they do have more dynamic game breaking o & D stars and their goalie is better too.
Out West: Oilers and Winnipeg have size and skill to best the Canes and Avs with better goalkeeping is up there too.
If Borg is serious about winning this year they need to:
Get a 2c
Get A BIG skilled winger for top line to play with aho-Jarvis
Get a skilled winger to play with Necas and the new 2C
Move Robinson to 4th line with Jost and Drury when he returns
Trade KK, JR & send Blake to Chicago for more development. He is too slow and small for NHL right now.
Consider moving Walker for a more rugged defenseman to pair with Ghost
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