Would Brendan Smith get Val?
Or Sproul? XO? Plus pick.
I have no idea of his potential as I don't watch Dallas too much! I just know they need some serviceable d-men and Sproul has high potential as an offensive d-man, and XO can play steady D. Smith has plenty of experience and is a pretty good skater if you let him do his thing.
Dallas is gonna live and die with that offense. They still need to add some help on the backend. Trading Nuke might be the way to go.
Good signing for Dallas, but does it really help them? They need a better goalie and at least one more top 4D. With that D core and goalie, they aren't a threat in the west.
Dallas is gonna live and die with that offense. They still need to add some help on the backend. Trading Nuke might be the way to go.
I'm thinking how Stars played last year and how Hudler played last year.
Hudler is slow, declining and liability 90% of the time, he can pass but pretty useless outside of that.
Virtually no one thought they were a threat in the west before last season either, and said the exact same things.
If you mean by shaping up, you mean improving I disagree.
Losing your 2 & 3 blueliners while adding a guy who's a #4 on a good team isn't moving in the right direction.
IMO any goalie can look bad with a porous defense in front of him. Lehtonen and Niemi aren't getting much help in their own end.
I guess the plan is to have a bunch of rookie blueliners play key minutes. They've got potential with their young blueliners, I just don't know if I'm trusting them with key minutes in the NHL yet.
Won't help if they get 310 goals against.
The #2 & #3 blueliners on Dallas last season is not saying a whole lot. So we lost Demers, Goligoski and Russell but we gained Hamhuis who we need to be a defensive defenseman than skating the puck coast to coast, we already have Klingberg. Our Defense already looks better than it did last season. Plus with Lindell having an almost 99% (baring injury or under performing in camp) to make the roster and Honka knocking on the door (assuming he won't be moved).
Would Brendan Smith get Val?
Or Sproul? XO? Plus pick.
I have no idea of his potential as I don't watch Dallas too much! I just know they need some serviceable d-men and Sproul has high potential as an offensive d-man, and XO can play steady D. Smith has plenty of experience and is a pretty good skater if you let him do his thing.
unless Nuke is bolting for KHL, who is sitting around saying "hmm, we need more offense?"
Nill is placing a lot of hopes on a patchwork D and a lot of rookies and hoping a lot of scoring can win them a cup when it couldnt win them two rounds
Granted Seguin was out, lack of scoring was not their downfall. Keeping the puck out of their net was. They BARELY got by Minnesota who is by no means an offensive force in the west
As you get further down the playoffs, the good teams and coaches figure out a way to neutralize the offenses. The teams that fail to do the same are the ones that get knocked out
unless Nuke is bolting for KHL, who is sitting around saying "hmm, we need more offense?"
Nill is placing a lot of hopes on a patchwork D and a lot of rookies and hoping a lot of scoring can win them a cup when it couldnt win them two rounds
Granted Seguin was out, lack of scoring was not their downfall. Keeping the puck out of their net was. They BARELY got by Minnesota who is by no means an offensive force in the west
As you get further down the playoffs, the good teams and coaches figure out a way to neutralize the offenses. The teams that fail to do the same are the ones that get knocked out
Lindy is not a run-n-gun coach. Never will be. I expect moves to bolster D, or the "system" will/may be flawed.
Time to offer Beaulieu again for Nuch.
They weren't a real threat last year. They beat an 86 point Mini team in the playoffs, were 20th in GAA, are minus Gogo/Demers, and have the same goalies. They are not a threat with that D and goal tending but they will rack up points in the regular season and be fun to watch.[/QUOTE]
Same was said of the Pens last year
They weren't a real threat last year. They beat an 86 point Mini team in the playoffs, were 20th in GAA, are minus Gogo/Demers, and have the same goalies. They are not a threat with that D and goal tending but they will rack up points in the regular season and be fun to watch.[/QUOTE]
Same was said of the Pens last year
Pens had 6th best GAA last year not 20th, big difference.
Yea, its not like our goalies got us to within one game of the conference finals this past season or anything crazy like that.