GDT: [GM26] Canucks vs Devils | Tue. Dec 5th, 7pm | SNP | Battle for Momma Hughes' Love

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Gstank

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It must be nice to not even need to celebrate when your sons score because they’re all so good and you know you’re set for generations

Probably thinking Jack isnt going to shut up all year about this one.
 

Johnny Canucker

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That doesn't matter some teams will have hot or cold streaks. Remember the last two years when we were in a wild card at times? Or a point out here or there? It's about long term play. Being 6th 26 games into the year isn't meaningful. Nor was being first. Again, they'd have to be only a couple games over .500 to make it from here. If your doomer self thinks that's not going to happen then sure they can miss it, but playing as they have in this bad stretch is enough to make the playoffs if they never string any wins together the rest of the way.

We have been sub .500 since the Toronto loss.
 

Petey O

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Problem is, that’s a third pairing on a team that has sights on contending.

Any combination of Myers/Soucy/Cole/Bear/whatever as a second pairing is simply not good enough.
I think you can have #5's/borderline #4s in your middle pairing as long as you have a dominant 1st pairing. They definitely need more D-depth, that's for sure, but Soucy and Cole can handle pretty decent secondary minutes.

Ideally, a genuine top 4 D is brought in to pair with Soucy, and Cole/Zadorov can anchor the 3rd pairing.

Team needs a second pair the coaching staff can lean on to be steady defensively. Can't have that with Juulsen or Myers effectively guaranteed to be there, bringing down their partners.
 
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SillyRabbit

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Second PP unit didn’t look much different than the first unit. No problem with them getting the lions share of the time.
 

Gstank

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Pretty much done with Garland. He never goes to the dirty areas and plays a CHL style of game
 
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