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GDT: GM#63 LA Kings vs Vegas Golden Knights @7:30

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SettlementRichie10 said:
I think management thinks that any trade for the second tier core guys are going to be lateral moves.

It’s semi-baffling because both Kopitar and Doughty have had great years. But it’s a steep drop off after those two. Quick has been mostly average this year, as well.

I just don’t know how many times they can reshuffle the deck around the same 3-4 cards.

Part of the problem is they’re missing impact wingers. Toffoli was supposed to be that guy and he’s looking like a fringe top sixer with some niche PP value as a sniper. Pearson is a depth winger. Brown has had a nice bounce back year, but is clearly not that guy, either. Then you look at the Pens/Bolts with Kessel/Kucherov/etc. We don’t have anyone like that. We DID have impact wingers in 2012 and 2014 with Carter and Gaborik.

If they keep the core, they probably need a bonafide top six center in his prime so Carter can move back to the wing.

That still doesn’t address the hole in the top four D and checking 3C.

And that’s where things start to spiral. I don’t see any way to fill these holes without parting with a core player. If they try to fill them from within, Kopitar and company will be far out of their prime, the windows don’t match up, and we become the Flyers.
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The top 3 center hole doesn't seem big anymore because of how good Amadio has looked.

The lack of wingers is not surprising considering who the GM was for the previous decade. I think your analysis of TT and TP is spot, exactly why they both should have been moved.
 
And there is Jim making an excuse for a play that simply has to be made, sorry to say, I know he has been injured but that has to go in 100/100 times, just don't get slam dunks like that very much in the NHL.
 
wish kopi was a bigger scumbag

stick between his legs against the boards, he can't move

preds: running man and splaaash and there's another penalty

he just stands there and figures out how to pass
 
Oh God just shut up Jim!!

Alex is exactly right, it's just sloppy play, it's nothing the other team is doing that causes you to make a bad pass and ice the puck or miss a gimme at the goalline. Muting the TV is ok but I'd rather have arena sounds only.
 
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Herby said:
Oh God just shut up Jim!!

Alex is exactly right, it's just sloppy play, it's nothing the other team is doing that causes you to make a bad pass and ice the puck or miss a gimme at the goalline. Muting the TV is ok but I'd rather have arena sounds only.
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foxy is turning into hayward by the minute

that's exactly what i always hated about hayward, how he minimizes everything opponents do
 
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There is no other way to put it, this team is too soft, period. They can't play along the boards, which is not good when they dump the puck in all the time.
 
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