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The Management

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Sort of feels like they lack an identity, where they're not abjectly terrible in any one particular area, but do not stand out in a good way either.

Are they a high flying offensive team that relies on possession? A smothering defensive team? A gritty forechecking team? Do they burn you with speed on the rush, or wear you down on the cycle? What do they want to be, and more importantly, do they have the personnel to be it?

Tough spot to be in. Goaltending always seems to be their achilles heel, but they make changes in that area and see no improvement. Still not impossible to turn it around I suppose, but yeah, the climb gets more challenging by the day.
 
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The Management said:
Sort of feels like they lack an identity, where they're not abjectly terrible in any one particular area, but do not stand out in a good way either.

Are they a high flying offensive team that relies on possession? A smothering defensive team? A gritty forechecking team? Do they burn you with speed on the rush, or wear you down on the cycle? What do they want to be, and more importantly, do they have the personnel to be it?

Tough spot to be in. Goaltending always seems to be their achilles heel, but they make changes in that area and see no improvement. Still not impossible to turn it around I suppose, but yeah, the climb gets more challenging by the day.
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Their identity if being a soft team mentally and physically who can skate and run and gun with the best but fold when teams apply any pressure (outside of the Leafs and Habs for whatever reason).

At this point, the issue is pretty clearly the leadership group of the team. Everything else has changed, and coaches can't force the players to be mentally durable. They just all look like as soon as they hit a small losing streak they all give up and accept they will just suck and lose going forward.

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Gotta start rebuilding the rebuild. The new Buffalo sabres everyone.

Brady is going to want out, especially after watching his brother have so much success. It's gotta sting for him.
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Brady hasn't done shit to try and separate himself from this mess. He is the captain for god sakes and hasn't performed when they needed him
 
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7-2-1 in their last 10
 
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Tuna99

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The Management said:
Sort of feels like they lack an identity, where they're not abjectly terrible in any one particular area, but do not stand out in a good way either.

Are they a high flying offensive team that relies on possession? A smothering defensive team? A gritty forechecking team? Do they burn you with speed on the rush, or wear you down on the cycle? What do they want to be, and more importantly, do they have the personnel to be it?

Tough spot to be in. Goaltending always seems to be their achilles heel, but they make changes in that area and see no improvement. Still not impossible to turn it around I suppose, but yeah, the climb gets more challenging by the day.
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you obviously haven’t watched this team at all this year Weird you‘d even want to give such an out of touch take because if you watched them for 1 game you’d know their identity.
 
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Tuna99 said:
you obviously haven’t watched this team at all this year Weird you‘d even want to give such an out of touch take because if you watched them for 1 game you’d know their identity.
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Do you have anything other than ad hominem junk to contribute?
 
Luigi Lemieux

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The Management said:
Sort of feels like they lack an identity, where they're not abjectly terrible in any one particular area, but do not stand out in a good way either.

Are they a high flying offensive team that relies on possession? A smothering defensive team? A gritty forechecking team? Do they burn you with speed on the rush, or wear you down on the cycle? What do they want to be, and more importantly, do they have the personnel to be it?

Tough spot to be in. Goaltending always seems to be their achilles heel, but they make changes in that area and see no improvement. Still not impossible to turn it around I suppose, but yeah, the climb gets more challenging by the day.
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They have a lot of talent with multiple puck moving dmen. They should be a strong offensive puck possession team. Just need a bit more jam in the lineup and a new coach. Not sure what they were thinking with Travis Green. He was awful in Vancouver and they improved tremendously as soon as he was axed.
 

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Luigi Lemieux said:
They have a lot of talent with multiple puck moving dmen. They should be a strong offensive puck possession team. Just need a bit more jam in the lineup and a new coach. Not sure what they were thinking with Travis Green. He was awful in Vancouver and they improved tremendously as soon as he was axed.
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15th in Goals for per game
11th in Goals against per game
6th in PP %
5th in Shots for per game
9th in shot against per game

Honestly it’s not been Green’s fault at all. The team has been noticeably better than under Smith or Martin.

The PK has not been good (23rd) and the strategy they use has been bad, thanks to Baumgartner, but otherwise the team is playing fine.

Some players had rough starts. Pinto, Giroux, Greig, Sanderson, Amadio. Zub has missed a lot of games. Ullmark started the year really poorly but is back at .910 save %.

Since the top 3 lines have been rolling they’ve been much better. Once Zub and Perron return and if Ullmark can keep playing good hockey they’ll be in good shape.

Green has them playing a good game. They need some small tweaks but getting there.
 
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Gil Gunderson

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Cautiously optimistic, but Ullmark playing good is promising. The team looks confident in front of him right now.

Buffalo (and past Sens) are still a cautionary tale. Get a playoff spot and immediately lose the next 10 games…

ottawa said:
Nope, just overperforming
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The underlying numbers say the exact opposite.
 
Luigi Lemieux

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Boud said:
15th in Goals for per game
11th in Goals against per game
6th in PP %
5th in Shots for per game
9th in shot against per game

Honestly it’s not been Green’s fault at all. The team has been noticeably better than under Smith or Martin.

The PK has not been good (23rd) and the strategy they use has been bad, thanks to Baumgartner, but otherwise the team is playing fine.

Some players had rough starts. Pinto, Giroux, Greig, Sanderson, Amadio. Zub has missed a lot of games. Ullmark started the year really poorly but is back at .910 save %.

Since the top 3 lines have been rolling they’ve been much better. Once Zub and Perron return and if Ullmark can keep playing good hockey they’ll be in good shape.

Green has them playing a good game. They need some small tweaks but getting there.
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Ah ok their advanced stats are pretty good actually. Maybe it's the year they take the next step, WC1 and 2 are ripe for the taking.
 
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