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I think the fact that the Central is probably closer in terms of competition than it has been in years, and teams in the West made moves to improve will lead to a natural regression, unless Lambert is top 5 for Calder and/or Perfetti has a rebound season. Chevy can shuffle the deck if he wants to, but other than getting bigger and younger on defense there's not a lot of change...which isn't necessarily bad, if players feel like they have something to prove this year.More of a team thing than players specifically.
I don’t think the defensive numbers are going to be as good as last season.
Can Hellebucyk keep up the fantastic performances this year as well?
We go as far as he takes us.
How will the backup goalie be?
I feel that Dillon is a loss of toughness on the backend.
It was just himself and Lowry with bite.
Ehlers… if he isn’t here we will be worse off.
I’m just not sure we will be 100+ points again.
One thing that could help immensely is special teams.
Arniel is he up to the task?
I think it’s a step back this season.
Arniel's 1st season as Jets coach, I think the expectations are definitely not as high last year. But playoffs should be a reasonable expectation...there is some depth to work with.
Timbit about Arniel...He won the Turner Cup with the Utah Grizzlies in 1996, before joining the Moose the following season, their inaugural one.
That team was coached by Butch Goring, who had Chevy as his assistant.