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  1. Watched a bunch of footage and interviews with this kid and he’s the first person since Horvat I’ve got captain vibes from. Some people like Hughes/Pettersson but I just don’t see it with those guys.

     

    Willander commands himself like a leader, mature beyond his years and has confidence to back it up. Big fan of this pick.

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  2. People are looking at his points and not realizing that Hronek does nothing to address the fact that we need defenseman that can play defense more than anything. Hronek is not a strong defender. He’s the kind of guy you add to man your powerplay if you have no offense coming out of the back end like Barrie or Krug. He’s not someone a team who has Quinn fukcing Hughes should be paying a 1st and 2nd for. Absolutely pathetic trade.

  3. I think this short term spurt against a string of strong teams gives us an opportunity to see what we have in our forward core. If we put together a solid winstreak in Boeser’s absence and scoring consistently I wouldn’t be opposed to packaging Boeser ++ for a top pairing RHD.

     

    if you’re going to go all in, do it right.

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  4. Miller only makes sense if our Cup window is the next 3-4 years, which it isn’t. We are 3-4 years away from even being a threat in the playoffs. Primarily because we are loaded with bloated contracts that have resulted in our horrendous defense. And there’s nothing we can do about it for the foreseeable future.

     

    Ship Miller off, he deserves to see playoff action in his prime. Get the absolute haul that GMJR will get for him, and retool into a team with an identity and clear timeline. Benning built this ugly Frankenstein thing with slabs of crap added to a good core.

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  5. I believe we can make the playoffs. Anything can happen with a functional offense and Vezina caliber netminder. I’m not going to pretend like I think we’re in a better position heading into the playoffs than last time though. Our defense is putrid. We’ll get eaten alive by the big boys of the conference in round 1 or 2.

  6. Even the way the firing was handled reeks of incompetency. Waiting to hire a coach before you fire the guy behind the bench. Hiring a coach before you hire a GM. Everything is short term band aid fixes with this management and there is zero foresight. Just, ugh.

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  7. 1 hour ago, eeeeergh said:

    Sarcasm about Petey right?

    The guy is on pace for like 16 goals this season while playing with our top players and on the 1st powerplay unit. He looks like he's always off balance, falls down more than anyone else every game, his face off percentage is 31%, and he's tied for the 2nd most giveaways in the whole lineup. 

    7.5m for that is absolutely horrifying, and we have basically no chance of winning with our money tied up in him unless he completely changes his game. 
     

    No, Pettersson has an attitude problem, not an overrated overpaid problem IMO. He’s purposely sucking to get the coach fired and I truly believe that. I would put money on him returning to form soon after Green is gone.

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  8. Even if we get a decent coach we’re going nowhere with the current defensive core. We’ll have regular season success and get slaughtered in the playoffs by well built teams for years to come. Benning needs to go, he forced the team into a competing window that wasn’t necessary.

     

    Currently, a retool of this roster is necessary if we want to salvage having a Cup contender with this core. Winning the Cup with the current team makeup is impossible with the cap restraints and Myers and OEL making what they are.

     

    I hate to say it folks, but enjoy Petey before he leaves at the end of this contract. We are not going to be a good enough team to retain him. He wants to win, he has Kesler’s fire and he deserves to be with a competent franchise.

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