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Post by swarfiga on Aug 18, 2022 17:45:18 GMT
Taking away the last 2 years which is obviously a concern, does this guy not have the most impressive CV on the new roster?
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Post by newyorkflyer on Aug 18, 2022 17:52:12 GMT
Taking away the last 2 years which is obviously a concern, does this guy not have the most impressive CV on the new roster? Most definitely agree with that, I think he’s a great addition. I still think D’Aoust is signed and we will run with a spare forward. I’m excited to find out who the final D will be.
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Post by waterboy on Aug 18, 2022 18:28:55 GMT
Taking away the last 2 years which is obviously a concern, does this guy not have the most impressive CV on the new roster? Laakkonen for me. 493 games in SM Liiga 335 pts.
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Post by swarfiga on Aug 18, 2022 19:06:58 GMT
Taking away the last 2 years which is obviously a concern, does this guy not have the most impressive CV on the new roster? Laakkonen for me. 493 games in SM Liiga 335 pts. Yeah ok I see your point there, can’t argue with that but still a pretty solid CV, Laakkonen at the age of 40, possibly Philips but I’m kind of struggling to see where the goals are going to come from in this line up
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Post by Marky on Aug 18, 2022 21:15:16 GMT
Laakkonen for me. 493 games in SM Liiga 335 pts. Yeah ok I see your point there, can’t argue with that but still a pretty solid CV, Laakkonen at the age of 40, possibly Philips but I’m kind of struggling to see where the goals are going to come from in this line up I tend to agree, not one proven 20 goals a season player in that team so far. That’s a wee bit worrying.
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Post by greyhound on Aug 19, 2022 9:36:38 GMT
The only thing is there will be players who will be put in situations they've not been in with other teams. They will get a lot of minutes,pp time etc, perhaps where they haven't had that responsibility before, so time will tell.
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Post by flyer1990 on Aug 19, 2022 9:57:42 GMT
The only thing is there will be players who will be put in situations they've not been in with other teams. They will get a lot of minutes,pp time etc, perhaps where they haven't had that responsibility before, so time will tell. I agree with this. Guys like Cameron, Kilivahti and Phillips should be more than capable of getting around 20 goals with the creativity we have in the line up.
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Post by zamboni on Aug 19, 2022 16:26:18 GMT
The only thing is there will be players who will be put in situations they've not been in with other teams. They will get a lot of minutes,pp time etc, perhaps where they haven't had that responsibility before, so time will tell. I agree with this. Guys like Cameron, Kilivahti and Phillips should be more than capable of getting around 20 goals with the creativity we have in the line up. Agree and we are not relying on one or two guys to do scoring The telling sign is that the hardcore forum users are not throwing much negativity in That’s got to be a positive 🤣
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Post by waterboy on Aug 19, 2022 18:47:22 GMT
I agree with this. Guys like Cameron, Kilivahti and Phillips should be more than capable of getting around 20 goals with the creativity we have in the line up. Agree and we are not relying on one or two guys to do scoring The telling sign is that the hardcore forum users are not throwing much negativity in That’s got to be a positive 🤣 Is that the same users who called out how poor the team was before a puck was dropped last season. They have signed on paper better imports. It ain’t a team yet. There is a sense of optimism despite how poor communication has been and nothing from the key guys running the club all summer. There is plenty to be negative about still thing is most have moved on or simply don’t say anything. What’s worse negative comments or apathy’
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Post by greyhound on Aug 19, 2022 21:38:43 GMT
And the other thing to remember is we should see more offence from defence this season we have had not a lot of that for a few seasons now, and this will help the forwards.
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Post by domi28 on Aug 20, 2022 0:16:25 GMT
How does every person know who the rest of the players are apart from this forum?
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Post by swarfiga on Aug 20, 2022 6:24:21 GMT
And the other thing to remember is we should see more offence from defence this season we have had not a lot of that for a few seasons now, and this will help the forwards. The problem with the defence is the coaching, it always has been, Todd’s said it himself along the lines of ‘we always have a team running around in our own end’. So unless these guys come in and have freakish natural chemistry we’ll always struggle defensively
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Post by greyhound on Aug 20, 2022 8:17:58 GMT
Speaking as a former defenceman, your job never really changes, it's the forwards not picking up their men that are the issue or a rogue d man that starts running around under pressure. It is probably the most basic thing in hockey everyone get a man and he's yours, centre man is usually the player who helps down low with d. But in this league against decent players this can be very fine margins and even good players can look average if one boy doesn't do their job. It looks like they've upgraded d so far, so hoping this transfers in to more normal coverage in our end. A big tougher d man would be my wish now to add more grit.
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Post by greyhound on Aug 20, 2022 8:20:18 GMT
I know someone on here said they wouldn't fancy him but I wouldn't say no to Springer. He's tough and can actually play as well. He would have to curb daft penalties and suspensions though as we have really limited numbers.
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Post by tackleberry on Aug 20, 2022 11:46:18 GMT
I know someone on here said they wouldn't fancy him but I wouldn't say no to Springer. He's tough and can actually play as well. He would have to curb daft penalties and suspensions though as we have really limited numbers. The guy is too much of a liability and has very limited ability, hopefully we can get a better physical D man than him.
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