Habs Icing
Formerly Onice
I picked the first wild card which will most likely be 7th in the conference.
My reasons:
It looks like Price has a decent backup. He can play fewer games and be fresher throughout the season and the backup will provide a more solid game than Niemi did last year. I know during this off-season I was down on the Kinkaid signing but I'll gladly eat crow on this point.
With Weber & Kulak in from the start and the additions of Chia-Rot and possibly Fleury, our defence corps will be slightly better.
On the offensive side, I don't see an upgrade or downgrade with our top two lines. Where I do see a huge upgrade is on the bottom two lines. The 4th line is head and shoulders better than last year's and the team's depth is immensely better than last year. So injuries shouldn't have a serious effect on the team. Unless disaster happens and we lose Price, Weber, Danault, Gallagher, and Domi for most of the year
The PK will probably be about the same as last year and the PP will improve slightly but not by much. We were what last year - 30th? I could see us climbing to 26th-27th. LOL. Enough to Earn Muller a 5-year contract.
My reasons:
It looks like Price has a decent backup. He can play fewer games and be fresher throughout the season and the backup will provide a more solid game than Niemi did last year. I know during this off-season I was down on the Kinkaid signing but I'll gladly eat crow on this point.
With Weber & Kulak in from the start and the additions of Chia-Rot and possibly Fleury, our defence corps will be slightly better.
On the offensive side, I don't see an upgrade or downgrade with our top two lines. Where I do see a huge upgrade is on the bottom two lines. The 4th line is head and shoulders better than last year's and the team's depth is immensely better than last year. So injuries shouldn't have a serious effect on the team. Unless disaster happens and we lose Price, Weber, Danault, Gallagher, and Domi for most of the year
The PK will probably be about the same as last year and the PP will improve slightly but not by much. We were what last year - 30th? I could see us climbing to 26th-27th. LOL. Enough to Earn Muller a 5-year contract.