Pourquoi les Sabres, les Red Wings et les Sénateurs participeront (et ne participeront pas) aux séries éliminatoires
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probablyindecisive
@Red Wings de Détroit
Pourquoi les Sabres, les Red Wings et les Sénateurs participeront (et ne participeront pas) aux séries éliminatoires
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probablyindecisive
9 Comments
Montreal is a darkhorse in the division
Tl;dr
Sabres make it with consistency and production from their top players. Their scoring could hinder their chances, particularly on the PP. Thompson has to be on his A-game. If they don’t make it, GM Kevyn Adams could be canned.
Wings make it if Ray, Mo, and Ed step up, and the team (Larkin) stays healthy. Defense will be our Achilles heel, along with our shaky goaltending situation. Mo has to be our best player. If they don’t make it, coaching shakeup possible with more detailed team retooling in the offseason.
Sens make it by consistent play and other teams falling off (lol). Ullmark needs to hold up his end. If the team doesn’t progressively step up, they’ll fail to make it. Stutzle has to be their best player. If they don’t make it, depends on where they land in the standings. Bottom means revamping the roster. If it’s closer to a 2023-24 Wings finish, some quality addition necessary and not much more.
Think that the boys in Red are going to find their groove early, and grind it out to the playoffs….
If we keep playing ras cop Fischer and motte every night we won’t be making the playoffs. If kasper and Mazur and berg get more minutes together and the top 6 stays healthy, along with quality goaltending we make it.
I think this team is going to miss by 6-10 points and at that point, I’m hopeful wings fans are awake to how bad of shape this roster is in. I would very much like to see some urgency. Petry wouldn’t dress for a contender, he’s in our top four when healthy.
Nothing has changed, same mediocre goalies, same 4/10 defense… don’t get your hopes up
We were one win away last season. Jesus Christ.
I predict they will *OR* won’t make the playoffs, but not both.
Offense is going to have to find its groove to make up for the poor defense and mediocre goaltending sooner rather than later to have a chance. The thing that worries me is we had lots of offense leave this summer that wasn’t replaced. The one guy that was hopeful for this was Gustafsson who’s been a health bomb the past two games.
And unless the team completely gives up, I doubt Newsy is going anywhere. The defensive system he wants them to play just doesn’t have the personnel to do it on the back end. However, not sure what we have in the pipeline to address this.