weastern bias
worst team in the league
Literally no team in the league has as little talent as we do, even the Chicago/Anaheim/Montreal/Columbus tier of teams at least already have prospects that have graduated to being legitimate roster players, ours are all still marinatingFor the most part the difference between top lines and bottom lines is offensive ability. Top lines are who scores, bottom line does the dirty work. Right now we’re throwing out 3 checking lines (for lack of a better word) which means we should theoretically be better than giving up on average close to 5 goals a game. We’ve also played (and lost) to teams that have more or less the same talent. The other bottom feeders that made us look absolutely silly. I didn’t expect the offense to be potent by any means but the defensive structure even with the vets brought in should be far, FAR better than this.
Ironically, for all the flack they get, Ruuta and Mario are somehow the only positive +- players on the team.
It's not reasonable to expect bottom 6 quality checking lines to hold elite scorers off the board, their job is to hold serve against other depth players, not to replace nonexistent 1st liners
I love Eklund and really think he's becoming a promising player, but at this moment he is not a 1st line play-driver, he's a supplemental player in that role at best, which is also important, but he should not be relied on to push pace against elite competitionI thought the same thing, except I've changed my mind, or actually William Eklund changed it. This kid has great acceleration and is a powerful skater. Coach is just not piecing anything together.