Again I hardly agree, since when can any team withstand losing that many D and hope to have any chance at all of winning a game in this league no matter who it is.
I read that JR said the same as you and I call bull$hit! It's hard enough against McD and Drais, and others who are elite at the best of times, just ask Quinn.. oh wait, he's out too..
I don't even know what to say anymore, this is way past out of hand.
It's one thing to ask a team that has new players to play seamless and win out of the gate but a entirely different thing to ask that of a team with a decimated D corps...
Reality check 101, there is no team in the NHL that can lose 4 D and win anything! We were fortune to have leads in any of the games so far.. I was expecting blowouts, especially against edm with McD and Drais, fortunately Hughes wasn't not injured then or more like 6-7 to 1 against us.
Sadly because of this, if Carolina doesn't destroy us by a wide margin tonight I'd be highly surprised.