Official Tank Thread

[Lafleurs Guy]

It's not always a step back though sometimes it's just the kids struggling. I don't think the Avs took a step back in 2016-2017. They finished last in the NHL with 48 points in 2016-2017 and the following year they made the playoffs with pretty much the same lineup and coach.

A 'step back' can be part of the process. I thought we'd have a much better year with a healthy Dach. Then Laine got hurt, RB got hurt, Roy didn't even make the team... awful before the year even began. Then Dach basically shat the bed...

The whole team doesn't look right. Suzuki and CC's possession numbers are way off. They've managed to put up respectable numbers but I thought both guys would have career years...

We are definitely 'off' this year. I was hoping we'd turned the corner but two stinkers in a row throws cold water on that.

 

[Tabarouette]

That's on me , not a fan of the AI art but I had to stop taking 35 minutes of my paid work time to photoshop our stupid players head on things

Refusing to put in the extra effort pffff, who are you man, Juraj Slafkovsky?

 

[ReHabs]

Hockey is fast, one day you are great, the next you are a bust.

Dach was our future #2C, he's playing like garbage.
Slaf was a unicorn, today he can barely do something on ice.
The team is lost defensively.

Maybe the problem is somewhere else, hopefully.

When so much is going sideways the problem has to be resolved in a step-wise manner:

1. Make a roster move
2. Trade a main player away or acquire a main player
3. Change the coach

This is the order of operations unless the GM already dislikes the coach. Kenny Hughes has been sitting on his hands, it seems.