One injury to the top 6 F or top 4 D and we are in big trouble.that is a deep skilled team though.
maybe we're missing another Stutzle but this roster should absolutely challenge for playoffs. Pinto and Greig on the 3rd line, Chabot on the 2nd pair, a well balanced top 6 and a Vezina goalie.
the only thing is they mentally suck. but roster wise it will be a disappointment if they are not in it till the end.
the last time we had a roster as good as this was 2011, and a bunch of crappier sens roster has made the playoffs in between that time.
I think people here are overrating Jensen and Perron cause they are “vets” that know their “role” “play the game the right way” etc.That looks like a pretty good lineup actually.
I think people are being too hard on the team in here. Understandable because the past few seasons haven't been up to expectations. But I would argue they were being held back quite a bit by DJ Smith, terrible goaltending, and Dorion plugging in supporting pieces that were bad fits (DeBrincat, Chychrun, Tarasenko).
The roster is absolutely good enough to make the playoffs. It's just a matter of execution at this point.
I would put 2012/13, 2014/15 and 2016/17 ahead of this teamHow can you say that, this is pretty much the best lineup we've iced since the pizza line days.
lol, how is 2023/24 Chychrun better than Jensen, he and Kubalik were our worst players.One injury to the top 6 F or top 4 D and we are in big trouble.
Forsberg has not looked good in the pre season. I have no confidence in him. Unless we’re giving Ullmark a 70 game workload.
I think people here are overrating Jensen and Perron cause they are “vets” that know their “role” “play the game the right way” etc.
I think both will get exposed. Soon enough we’ll find out that both moved were lateral at best.
30/31 NHL teams would choose
Tarasenko > Perron
Chychrun > Jensen
I would put 2012/13, 2014/15 and 2016/17 ahead of this team
I would put 2012/13, 2014/15 and 2016/17 ahead of this team
Yakemchuk and Ostapchuk have both been sent down to the minors. Gaudette replaces Ostapchuk and Hamonic/JBD replace Yakemchuk. They both had good camps so maybe the 3rd pairing won't be so bad after all. Kleven will need mentoring which Hamonic can provide. I expect Pinto to take another step this year, he and Amadio seem to have built some chemistry. I also think Stu will have a better year, and Norris being back in the line-up is the wild card if he remains healthy. Now if Forsberg can stop letting in softies at the beginning of games and settle in sooner, we'll be all set.Not with this official start of season line up, we don’t
FORWARDS
Brady Tkachuk - Tim Stutzle - Claude Giroux
David Perron - Josh Norris - Drake Batherson
Ridly Greig - Shane Pinto - Michael Amadio
Noah Gregor - Zack Ostapchuk - Nick Cousins
Extra: Zack MacEwen, Matthew Highmore (inj)
DEFENCE
Jake Sanderson - Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot - Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven - Carter Yakemchuk
Extra: Travis Hamonic-Jacob Bernard-Docker
GOALTENDERS
Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg