That's probably a reasonable guess for a pre-deadline position, had we not experienced an enormous number of injuries, to the point where we couldn't even dress 18 skaters and had guys playing out of position. We went 9-3 in that early-October to November stretch where we were kind of healthy, which was probably the true talent level of the team.
Holub hits like a truck. Gillen improving quite a bit every game. I agree about Brodie though, just seems to be a step behind right now.
Meh. Look at a guy like Mignosa though, really looked lost in his second year. Proceeded to have a huge jump in years 3 and now 4. Hayes looks ALOT better than Mignosa looked in his second year imo.
I was gonna say I can think of SOMEbody who might’ve predicted that but they beat me to it. Probably would have been tops in the Conference but y’know, all those injuries that none of the other teams have and the crooked refs screw the Greyhounds out of at least 4 or 5 goals every single damn game.
They were like 2 wins away from being in 5th place at the deadline and likely had the most injuries in the league, but somehow that was some kind of far fetched fantasy? Not that it's extremely likely, but the team could still be in 5th place with a good week or two. Standings are close.
He's already confirmed that he'll be back next year and had good things to say about the team.
Well, you knew they were likely to sell so where teams were before the deadline doesn’t really matter. It’s about predicting where they’re going to finish, not where they were 3 weeks ago. Every team has injuries. Flint finished their last game missing their #1D and all FOUR of their top centers. It happens. They didn’t even do a crazy sell-off and kept a few moveable pieces. Do you still think the team finishes 4th or 5th?
You should note that I said 5th would have been a reasonable guess pre-deadline in the post that you quoted, which it certainly was. My prediction for the whole season back in September was 6th, which is still in play.
