- Mar 10, 2012
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C
top six forward still missing
D Composition makes no sense
top six forward still missing
D Composition makes no sense
I think Dahlin will be Power's partner going forward. It'd be nice to get a real top-4 guy to play with Byram, though.C+
He identified most of the changes that the roster needed and he has addressed everything he mentioned except for the hardest one to add: a top 6 F.
Personally, I am disappointed that he has yet again not viewed finding the right partner for Owen Power as a priority, though.
I guess the hope is Samuelsson. A 24 year old never healthy player.I think Dahlin will be Power's partner going forward. It'd be nice to get a real top-4 guy to play with Byram, though.
D+ overall based on what my thoughts of what is wrong with the roster/team. Contending/Good teams in the NHL often have a functional top 9 with a 4th line to provide shifts that help shift momentum via many means. The days of a top 6 and bottom 6 seem to be going out the door. I think our roster makeup and potential lineups are easy matchups for teams. We are not a fast team with skating, we are not a fast moving team in terms of puck possession and movement of the puck.
I have a strong sense the Mitts/Byram trade was made consciously & fully in line with this 'new' strategy. We badly needed an F for D trade, we traded a slow F for a fast D. The moves made since this one fall in line. Too bad we haven't (yet) replaced Jokiharju though.Wait a minute: Didn't the organization literally go out and acquire several guys who were among the fastest players in the entire league? I really think people are underrating just how big an impact Lindy is going to have: He seems to have introduced the seemingly revolutionary to this organization concept of constructing a roster instead of just acquiring random pieces with zero thought given to need or fit (too bad he wasn't here a few months earlier to kill off the Mitts-Byram trade that epitomized that strategy).
As a team overall, we're a slow team. Yes, he acquired a couple of quicker skaters, mostly for the 4th line, but in terms of upgrading the overall team speed, he really didn't do anything to address it, especially in the top 9.Wait a minute: Didn't the organization literally go out and acquire several guys who were among the fastest players in the entire league? I really think people are underrating just how big an impact Lindy is going to have: He seems to have introduced the seemingly revolutionary to this organization concept of constructing a roster instead of just acquiring random pieces with zero thought given to need or fit (too bad he wasn't here a few months earlier to kill off the Mitts-Byram trade that epitomized that strategy).
This is the correct grade.Incomplete.
As a team overall, we're a slow team. Yes, he acquired a couple of quicker skaters, mostly for the 4th line, but in terms of upgrading the overall team speed, he really didn't do anything to address it, especially in the top 9.