Have fun Lane.
To bring back the whole PP squad from the disastrous last season is a puzzling move.
Hope they interchange Matheson with Lane so he can get reps with capable players. The 2nd pp is vomit inducing.
Have fun Lane.
Looks like this is on-the-mark so far.Caufield - Suzuki - Slafkovsky
Anderson - Dach - Newhook
Armia - Evans - Kapanen
Pezzetta - Dvorak - Gallagher
B-B, Heineman
Matheson - Guhle
Hutson - Savard
Xhekaj - Struble
Barron
Primeau
Montembeault
Looks like this is on-the-mark so far.
It has Hutson, it will look better, but just him, the 4 other players will looks like shit.The laugh will be on us if it looks better than PP1 because that happened more than once last year.
If that plug Anderson is anywhere near a scoring line a top 5 pick is looking very possible. 2nd line should be Newhook, Dach, Kapanen/Armia. The rest are worthless scrubs.Looks like this is on-the-mark so far.
It makes sense to me.Looks like this is on-the-mark so far.
Our defence is great?That second powerplay unit is atrocious...the Laine injury has changed this team so drastically it's a real shame.
Can't wait for Demidov and Hage to join this team...we need depth on offence so bad, our defence is great at least.
That line should be the 4th line.It makes sense to me.
Dvorak hasn't done much of anything to warrant a bump from that 4th line which was where he ended up last season.
The third line also makes sense for the kid and for the Chemistry Evans and Armia had last year.
Anderson sticks out like a sore thumb but who else with Roy gone.
Kapanen eventually I guess if he shows well.
Our defence is great?
We have a mobile defence that will, like last year, keep us competitive. But if they trade Matheson and Savard, like so many here are calling for, this team will challenge for drafting first overall next spring. Our depth at defence is somewhat illusory.
The salvation for this team will not come from our defence, but the wave of highly skilled forwards (Demidov, Hage, Beck, etc.) that will be here in two years, the development the young talent already here and those 3 first round and 4 second round picks Hughes accumulated over the next two years.
It will be an interesting year (Hutson alone will insure that ) but we are still two years away from being a serious contender.
I'm closing in on 80. If I can wait, so can all of you.
He won't revolutionize a horrid PP by himself, it'll have to come from the staff but he and a healthy Dach could be the difference between picking 5th and 10th.Depends on Hutson's impact.