skorf
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- Jun 30, 2013
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I think we will be similar or slightly worse.
Goaltending I don't think will be as good. I bet we play the backup more than last year and I'm hoping talbot is a top 5 goalie again but it's hard expect that.
D core will be similar. Having sekera out really hurts and I'm hoping Russell can play as he did last year but the klefbom larsson pairing has a year together plus both guys should even be better as they are a year older. Nurse and benning will also be a year older and should help us handle the loss of sekera.
Forwards is where we will be better. Losing ebs will hurt regardless of what some people say but I'm cautiously optimistic that strome can pick up a lot of the slack. Drai and mcd are a year older and I think both will take another step. Maroon, kassian, letestu and lucic should all remain similar. Caggiula and slepy both stepped up throughout the year, I expect both to continue improving this year. Jokinen I don't think will hit 60 points like some people think but he will be a big upgrade over pouliot. Our biggest improvement will be JP, I expect a big year and I think jokinen will really help him too. Lastly I may be the only one but I think nuge has a better year. I think he will be more comfortable (unless the fans tear him apart) and he's often been compared to datsyuk or other defensive Cs but guys like datsyuk, Bergeron, kopitar often step up around 23, i may be an optimist but I think nuge can too.
Injuries, hopefully none of our big guys are hit with the injury bug but it could happen and that'd affect us as well
Goaltending I don't think will be as good. I bet we play the backup more than last year and I'm hoping talbot is a top 5 goalie again but it's hard expect that.
D core will be similar. Having sekera out really hurts and I'm hoping Russell can play as he did last year but the klefbom larsson pairing has a year together plus both guys should even be better as they are a year older. Nurse and benning will also be a year older and should help us handle the loss of sekera.
Forwards is where we will be better. Losing ebs will hurt regardless of what some people say but I'm cautiously optimistic that strome can pick up a lot of the slack. Drai and mcd are a year older and I think both will take another step. Maroon, kassian, letestu and lucic should all remain similar. Caggiula and slepy both stepped up throughout the year, I expect both to continue improving this year. Jokinen I don't think will hit 60 points like some people think but he will be a big upgrade over pouliot. Our biggest improvement will be JP, I expect a big year and I think jokinen will really help him too. Lastly I may be the only one but I think nuge has a better year. I think he will be more comfortable (unless the fans tear him apart) and he's often been compared to datsyuk or other defensive Cs but guys like datsyuk, Bergeron, kopitar often step up around 23, i may be an optimist but I think nuge can too.
Injuries, hopefully none of our big guys are hit with the injury bug but it could happen and that'd affect us as well