It’s misleading because the poster in question referenced a multiple goal comeback, and you know damn well he’s not talking about the team’s ability to overcome a meager one goal deficit - something that more than half the league has done like a dozen times each already this season.
He probably has been playing injured. There’s been a couple of times this season where it’s looked like he’s been hurt only for him to somehow come back.
Yeah exactly. We were guaranteed to get middle six help at the deadline, how did that pan out?
I agee that he didn't use them well, but the average value of a 2nd or 3rd round pick is miniscule, but you can still turn them into serious value.
I mean when I specifically call out two factual examples and scores which you disregarded to fit your narrative which I don’t get why everyone agrees this team is soft
No you're not doing it right. The point is that you treat assumptions that fit your bottomless positive outlook as guarantees.
Their place in the standings has been the same virtually all season. Unless you're talking about their actual record. Nonetheless the point stands - assumptions were made about what would happen at the TDL and treated as inevitable, and lo and behold, it wasn't a sure thing like presented.
Adding a center, any center, that wouldn't make us rely on playing Dowling wouldn't have been a huge ask. Everything he did this offseason aside from not doing that, was very successful to me.
Your discourse is always so dishonest. You did present it as a sure thing - this is evidenced by how you would respond to any and all concerns about the depth of this team with proclamations that it will be addressed at the deadline and it's not a big deal. Essentially dismissing these concerns. The insinuation was clear.
The D is generally better in that some of the horrific lapses from last year seem to be fewer. But offense and defense are correlated. If you cannot cycle and pass then it's more pressure on the D.
I have a feeling luke is banged up more than we're being told. he's really looked noticeably different since the beginning of the season
Broadcast said the thing that kept him out yesterday was a groin.
No I didn't know that would be the case - which is why I knew better than to condescendingly march around here telling everyone our issues would be fixed at the TDL, like you were.
As far as #2 goes...dude did you just become a hockey fan this year? Prices at the deadline are ALWAYS exorbitant, especially in the modern era where you have like twenty teams in a playoff hunt and a handful of sellers - that's why I hated that Fitz left everything till the last minute when other teams were making moves before Four Nations. We had a lot more leverage when the Devils were in good position, but by the time Fitz woke up out of hibernation he was like pizza guy coming into the room with everything on fire.
He knows that the TDL can be volatile and not pan out as expected. But to acknowledge that before the TDL would have meant tempering the outlook about the team at the time. And doing it now afterward would be admitting it was a baseless assumption to make. So now we resort to more dishonest discourse to cover our tracks. Same old story.
Prices this year seemed more inflated than normal, imo.
