Quoting: xercuses
Saros kinda proved he could this past year imo i think they could win but you anything can happen
Oh i certainly wouldnt count this team out at all,
But a bottom pairing with a combined games played of 40 makes me a little worried,
there are a couple other fringe things that make me worried about the bottom 6, which in turn makes me slightly worried about the top 6,
Saros has had a great start to his career thats for sure but ya can never know with goalies especially when they are young. Ned has had a much more rocky career so far, great last season but i dont think carolina got rid of him for no reason, they saw something that was gonna inhibit his game in some way and they made that decision.
The biggest issue i have with the team is injuries just completely screw it over
like if hedman or Carlsson goes down who in the hell is stepping up to fill those minutes.
If pasta goes down there is no one there to replace him.
Im a leafs fan so i can say this pretty heavily
Zach hyman needs either a great shooter or a great passer to do anything with the puck, offensivly hes a workhorse who will almost never lose a battle for a puck
but hes not great at actually scoring from anywhere but about 3 feet from the net, hes not gonna be able to replace what pasta brings.