Official Tank Thread

[habamillions]

Huge game tomorrow. Sabres have lost 10 straight and only 1 point ahead of mtl.

 

[Habby4Life]

Two terrible teams might turn into a half decent game. Since this is the tank thread, I’m not interested in 2 useless points.

 

[themilosh]

For a tanking team to become a contender, it probably needs to spend a season (or more) on the bubble in between.

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I kind of like how NJ has done it.. Two years ago they made the playoffs, only to crash again last year picking Silayev. It was a blip, they added a hulking Dman (who is still a few years away) and this year they are cup contenders. They spent zero time in the no-mans land.

 

[DAChampion]

I kind of like how NJ has done it.. Two years ago they made the playoffs, only to crash again last year picking Silayev. It was a blip, they added a hulking Dman (who is still a few years away) and this year they are cup contenders. They spent zero time in the no-mans land.

How did they do it? Was their crash just a fluke?

 

[LaP]

How did they do it? Was their crush just a fluke?

They got a goalie and some depth vet dmen but honestly the goalie is the main difference along with the return of hamilton who was injured most of last year. Last year was just a young team learning to handle pressure. That all there was to it imo.