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Maybe the core is the problem? It should be telling that when a team that has gotten elite, best in the world goaltending over the last few years, gets average/okay goaltending, that they look this bad.
That said I don't think there's much to else to do. For the players they have locked up to decent contracts, it makes sense to probably just trade the older/UFA guys, hire the best coach possible, adjust the d again/play the young guys a bit, and hope the goalie goes back up a bit and the captain retires/goes on ltir. Ehlers has a nice contract, Connors also does for the offence. Perfetti looks real good. I would move Scheifele if there is a good hockey trade to shake this team and room up. Too long has everyone praised Scheifele and how great of a leader he is and how much hockey he watches. I wonder, in all that hockey Scheifele watches, what's he thinking when the C back-checks and plays above the puck in the d-zone? Dubois contract will be interesting.
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