- Oct 31, 2007
- 40,168
- 45,324
Things seem a lot worse when you include Guentzel and Kuznetsov. People seem to forget they were rentals and we were probably going to be a top 5 team last season without adding them at the deadline.
Sure our defense is taking a hit, but I think Borg did a pretty good job with their replacements without spending like crazy in FA.
The only “impact” forward we lost was 86, but was he really that irreplaceable?
I think we will easily be in the mix for metro 2-3 this upcoming season… the only thing that worries me is getting off to a slow start with the new guys… as we know a lot of players have a difficult time adjusting to our system.
Considering we don't currently have a replacement for him...maybe?
The fact of the matter is, last year's team, before acquiring Jake and Kuzy, was missing at least one Top 6 forward. They acquired those two at the deadline to address that.
Now we've lost both of them, plus another Top 6 forward to FA, and have replaced two of our Top 4 defensemen with cheaper, but likely lesser, options.
So yeah, I can see why there's doubt out there, and I can't say they're entirely wrong. At the very least, there's a chance this meme becomes a perfect response sometime during the season: