I’m not sure you get it. He’s got nothing left to prove this season if he gets a goal today while Rathbone and Juolevi do. I think Edler is back next year.
But Benning overpaid both Holtby and Virtanen after the salary cap flatlined. Easily enough money left over to sign Toffoli and a competent back up goalie.
It would have been nice to have kept Tanev but he was massively overpaid by Calgary and we couldn’t afford to match their offer. Toffoli on the other hand was signed to a great value deal by Montreal that we could have and should have matched.
Once again the opposition bench are laughing while playing us. Something is fundamentally wrong with our team. I’m not sure how FA will put up with this effort.
Once again I ask is this due to lack of talent or poor coaching systems? It has to be one or the other. One reason would be on the GM and the other would be on the coach(es).
They may not want to take Edler out to give him a shot at 100. I hope that’s not the reason because I think it’s more important to give Juolevi a good look.
We don’t know how to react to forechecking pressure. I’m not sure if it’s the system or the players. No one seems to know what to do with the puck in their own end. No wonder we give up so many shots per game.