Sooooo Are the Predators bad?

[DarrylshutzSydor]

Theyt need Benoit Brunet as their coach!

 

[JianYang]

They will be fine.

Mind you, I didn't have them labeled as a serious cup threat, but I do think of them as a playoff team.

Sometimes, you do see an adjustment period when you make significant changes to your core in one off season.

I expect the preds to figure it out as the season moves along.

 

[GoJackets1]

I’m interested to see the game tonight. I watched their game last night and they seemed relatively low energy and let the Hawks control the pace a lot of the time. CBJ has been weirdly good so far against teams that let them control the game. And they’re well rested. Could be telling for either team tonight.

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

Seems like an overreaction to make any conclusions this early, both with the team and Stamkos.

Everyone knows Stamkos is not a play driver, he's a finisher. Guys like that will have great stats when the team plays well and terrible stats when the team plays poorly. 1 goal in 7 games is a bad start but he's a post and a stick knob save away from 3 in 7 and then nobody would be talking about it. He's also always been a very streaky player. He'll have stretches where he's completely snake bitten and then stretches where everything goes in. Give it time.

 

[JFedol]

Seems like an overreaction to make any conclusions this early, both with the team and Stamkos.

Everyone knows Stamkos is not a play driver, he's a finisher. Guys like that will have great stats when the team plays well and terrible stats when the team plays poorly. 1 goal in 7 games is a bad start but he's a post and a stick knob save away from 3 in 7 and then nobody would be talking about it. He's also always been a very streaky player. He'll have stretches where he's completely snake bitten and then stretches where everything goes in. Give it time.

Give it time lol? Why not just accept that he's a washed up overrated PP merchant who just like you mentioned, can barely drive play and is only a finisher. His contract was an albatross from day f***ing one it was signed, and he needs to f***ing retire at this point. His leg injuries did screw him over in terms of acceleration and speed, we can't deny that, but he's an overrated player and always has been IMO. The streakiness is not a coincidence without that fully desired playmaker that he pretty much always needs for production.

Anybody with eyes could've called it a long time ago that he was going to be suffering production wise without Kucherov. The mfers predicting a deep WCF appearance/cup run for Nashville this year were 100% smoking crack LOL