Quoting: Birtle34
Caught quite a few games in the old rink, enjoy following coyote’s adventures. What’s latest? Don’t get much in Canada other than doom and gloom. Probably another nice pick to add to the fold this year in lottery, so interesting nucleus yet, hopefully soderstrom still turns out on blueline.
For all the doom and gloom players have actually raved about the playing surface, which has quieted 90% of the chatter so positives on the stadium front.
As far as the team goes? The top line is elite, Keller is taking a major star turn with hayton and schmaltz on the top line. Kells has the 2nd most points since the all star break behind some McDavid guy, hayton has developed into what he was drafted to be, a top 6 C, and if schmaltz could stay healthy for a full season I’d bet a lot he’d have a PPG season too, as it is he’s got 45 in 49 games this year. Crouse has a 20 goal season, fixed his skating to the point that he posted one of the fastest top speeds last year, and just an ideal power forward. Logan Cooley (3OA last year) was named the top prospect in the league about a month ago, and Guenther didn’t look out of place in the league at all despite getting sent back to the WHL. We also have the 3rd best rookie producer this year in matias maccelli who’s only 22. Valimaki has 12 points in 15 games filling in for chychrun and is analytically better than him defensively when he took the harder matchups than the Chych-ghost pairing.
That’s the very long version of the current state of the team, but it’s a pretty exciting time to live here and be a fan.