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[RobertKron]

I’ve made this point to @mriswith in the past.

Obviously the chances of us going deep are reduced by Demko being injured, but pretty clearly he’s not a condition precedent to that occurring. Frankly, Silovs wasn’t even that great in the playoffs last year and we almost went to the western conference finals.

The window is now for the Canucks, and other than trade for a goalie or something, I don’t think they should put too much weight into Demko’s current health in October.

Also that happened with Pettersson doing almost nothing for most of the playoffs.

 

[mriswith]

I'm not saying burn the year in mid October. You can believe the window is now and also want to wait on making major trades until there's more clarity with Demko, especially if eyeing rentals.

Also I don't think the team had a chance last season without Demko. The team was completely depleted by the end of Oilers series and this may be an unpopular opinion but it's largely because of how they had to change their game to protect Silovs who still wasn't good. They did not have two more series in them having to play like that while still getting .898 goaltending.

 

[Kryten]

I'm not saying burn the year in mid October. You can believe the window is now and also want to wait on making major trades until there's more clarity with Demko, especially if eyeing rentals.

Also I don't think the team had a chance last season without Demko. The team was completely depleted by the end of Oilers series and this may be an unpopular opinion but it's largely because of how they had to change their game to protect Silovs who still wasn't good. They did not have two more series in them having to play like that while still getting .898 goaltending.

The change from a deceiving .898 to a good .918 is less than a goal a game. Having a hurt Hughes and a useless Petey and Mik was the real problem

 

[mriswith]

The change from a deceiving .898 to a good .918 is less than a goal a game. Having a hurt Hughes and a useless Petey and Mik was the real problem

A goal a game from one players impact sounds like a lot to me and that's without accounting for the cost of changing how the team played to protect him.

I think that changing how they played and the resulting fatigue without even getting very good goaltending was the biggest issue but I understand why a lot of people will identify other problems as the biggest issues instead.

 

[arttk]

The change from a deceiving .898 to a good .918 is less than a goal a game. Having a hurt Hughes and a useless Petey and Mik was the real problem

A goal a game is actually a lot, almost all our playoff games was 1 goal diff. Also Silovs really got exposed in the last couple starts where a bunch of point shots got past him pretty easily.

 

[Hodgy]

A goal a game from one players impact sounds like a lot to me and that's without accounting for the cost of changing how the team played to protect him.

I think that changing how they played and the resulting fatigue without even getting very good goaltending was the biggest issue but I understand why a lot of people will identify other problems as the biggest issues instead.

No, I think goaltending was a problem in the playoffs and was partly to blame for our lack of offense. But the question isn’t Demko vs. Career AHLer in Silovs as there are lots of other better (albeit not top tier) goalies that shake loose through the year.

 

[ManVanFan]

Thought Tocchet wanted a little riskier style of play this season.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1846203350682890717

 

[bossram]

So are we panicking yet? I guess so.

The change from a deceiving .898 to a good .918 is less than a goal a game. Having a hurt Hughes and a useless Petey and Mik was the real problem

A goal per game is absolutely massive. You disproved your own point.

Call Brannstrom up, cowards.

Yes. He is legitimately the 4th best D-man in the organization right now. And fills a glaringly obvious need.

I wanted Allvin to sign him in the offseason. Well, the ended up with him. Now just use him.

 

[bossram]

If Myers is out for a while they almost need another RSD. We can’t run Desharnais/Juulsen/Friedman down the right side for any length of time with Forbort on the bottom pair.

If only they had pursued (at a very cheap price!) mine and @Vector's favourite, Jonathan Kovacevic. Cheap trade cost, league minimum cap hit.

He's been sublime for NJ so far. Miniscule xGA and GA rates. Handling the toughest minutes for NJ. And even chipped in some offense.