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BeautifulIdiot

This team kills me
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Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 12:50 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 12:43 a.m.
Thread: Thomas Drance is Wrong
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Knuckl3s</b></div><div>Of course the team needs to get deeper, of course the team needs to be less reliant on it's goalie, but having a top 9 with 8 good pieces and 2 good puck moving defenseman doesn't make for a poorly constructed roster, that's a significant enough of a foundation to build around and improve, and the Canucks did beat some better teams than they were, so it's not as cut and dry as you make it out to be. Sure, it's fair to say the team overachieved at certain points during Boudreau's run, but the weren't overachieving the entire time. The reality of the team isn't as bad as they were under Green</div></div>

I agree with you on your second point about how they were under and overachieving, but I think the fact that this team didnt have enough depth speaks volumes about the roster construction. Boudreau has shown time and time again that he can outpreform the team that he is given, but that doesnt mean the team is good, look at his playoff record, that shows the real quality of the team and it takes really good managment to see through the overperforming and capitalizing on their value. that was drance's point, this team played above their value, that doesnt make this a good roster, we need to have 4 puck movers on the blueline at minimum, we need to have grit, we need to have a solid right handed 3c, and if we trade miller we could fill some of those needs and then maybe do more like upgrade our 4th line.
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 12:26 a.m.
Thread: Thomas Drance is Wrong
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Knuckl3s</b></div><div>We can assume the team is mediocre as is, but we don't know how good or bad they will be next season. If Drance says the team needs to make some hard decisions, I'm curious to know if he thinks the team is better of trying to take a step back or step forward next season. That part I'm not sure of, all we know is the team can't remain the way it is if it's mediocre as is

I don't think I'm looking at things optimistically, I'm not expecting the team to be a cup contender next year no matter how good or bad they are. Also, Drance shouldn't be calling the roster poorly constructed considering the results the team got under Boudreau</div></div>

you can have a poorly constructed roster play above their level, they played a very simple game and it worked against the weaker teams and failed against the better ones, to call this team well constructed would be a terrible overstatement. The intent was there but the was only 2 puckmoving D at the start of the year, there was a good top 9 but 3c was terrible for what he was brought in to do. He could pass as a 3LW but not a full time centre. This team relied on demko and you could see for the last month of the season he would put his stick on his right pad and then his glove over his blocker showing that there is probably a knee injury that he is dealing with. thats what happens when you play a goalie 64 games in a year. That isnt sustainable, we need to have a deeper team that can go far, not a team that can just get to the playoffs
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 11:56 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMYesterday at 11:32 p.m.
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