Isles For Life
Joined: May 2017
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Will injuries be the death of our winning streak? I am still confident in our current lines and roster personally, but the loss of Eberle and Komarov as depth was already bad enough. I'm worried about the loss of Martin for a long time to an extent, but I've been blowing the Johnston horn since 18-19, I think he's a cheaper and on-par replacement for Martin. Kuhnhackl is a nice depth piece that we have to survive without due to injuries, and although I actually really like Dal Colle and his play and am fine with how Wahlstrom's been playing in the lineup, I'm worried that we will end up overrelying on depth pieces that don't fit into our lineup like Eberle does.
Honestly, I think Bardreau was a nice surprise. I was a bit confused with his call up (I was expecting a Kieffer call-up, or barring that maybe a Jobst call-up due to his stellar preseason) but it's worked out tremendously in my opinion. Bardreau has been solid in a bottom 6 role and I wouldn't mind him sticking around even once these injuries subside, assuming that he continues the play he is at now.