LEAFANFORLIFE23
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And I'm not just talking about the roster either I'm including the coaching staff.
Personally I think overall this team got better.
I think this team is better behind the bench and I don't think it's close, I'll take Berube over Sheldon Keefe any day, one guy is a winner, the other talks about respect in the handshake line.
I'll take Lane Lambert as an assistant another guy that's won.
I'll take Marc Savard as a PP coach, over Manny Malhotra and Guy Boucer, 2 guys that have never been on a PP, yet for some reason were qualified to coach the PP, Boucher was especially odd because he's a defensive coach, he should have been coaching the PK.
I also think they are better on defense. I'll take Tanev, OEL and potentially Hakanpaa over Brodie and Boosh, defense is where I think they improved the most with or without Hakanpaa.
Stolarz to me is definitely an upgrade over Samsonov, Stolarz would have to deliberately try hard to be as bad as Samsonov was, and even if he did try, I don't think he could actually do it.
The offense is where I sex people saying they got worse and I don't see it.
yes I would have liked to have kept Bertuzzi, but you Knies, Robertson and Bobby Mac and they scored 14, 15, and 15 goals, Bobby Mac and Robertson did it in 56 games.
Assuming all 3 come out of camp healthy, I don't think 20 goals is a stretch for any of them.
Plus you got Cowan and Minten coming up through the system, I'm just not worried about losing Bertuzzi, he scored 21 goals they have enough to cover that, I mean Jarnkrok if he's healthy will probably bag 15 goals too.
I'm just not worried about losing Bertuzzi.
So yeah I think they are better overall I think they probably finish between 112-116 points that's 10-14 more than last year.
Personally I think overall this team got better.
I think this team is better behind the bench and I don't think it's close, I'll take Berube over Sheldon Keefe any day, one guy is a winner, the other talks about respect in the handshake line.
I'll take Lane Lambert as an assistant another guy that's won.
I'll take Marc Savard as a PP coach, over Manny Malhotra and Guy Boucer, 2 guys that have never been on a PP, yet for some reason were qualified to coach the PP, Boucher was especially odd because he's a defensive coach, he should have been coaching the PK.
I also think they are better on defense. I'll take Tanev, OEL and potentially Hakanpaa over Brodie and Boosh, defense is where I think they improved the most with or without Hakanpaa.
Stolarz to me is definitely an upgrade over Samsonov, Stolarz would have to deliberately try hard to be as bad as Samsonov was, and even if he did try, I don't think he could actually do it.
The offense is where I sex people saying they got worse and I don't see it.
yes I would have liked to have kept Bertuzzi, but you Knies, Robertson and Bobby Mac and they scored 14, 15, and 15 goals, Bobby Mac and Robertson did it in 56 games.
Assuming all 3 come out of camp healthy, I don't think 20 goals is a stretch for any of them.
Plus you got Cowan and Minten coming up through the system, I'm just not worried about losing Bertuzzi, he scored 21 goals they have enough to cover that, I mean Jarnkrok if he's healthy will probably bag 15 goals too.
I'm just not worried about losing Bertuzzi.
So yeah I think they are better overall I think they probably finish between 112-116 points that's 10-14 more than last year.