The Real Timo
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I’m amazed that almost nobody sees coaching as a big roadblock. I do agree with secondary scoring as the biggest road block though. And goalies. So basically everything
Maybe it’s me, but I wouldn’t chance Monahan on a multi-year deal after the wear & tear I expect these playoffs will have on him, especially is the Jets go deepCan be all of the above, but Secondary scoring is our biggest flaw (AKA lack of talent)
Special teams would be #2 but this will come with that extra talent (second wave of PP) and experience.
No matter what, we are adding a special player to the core….I’m expecting, without losing key players for months at a time, a 9th to 12th place finish next season with a playoff birth the next.
Monahan would be my target. Pair him Beck, I’d rivet the 2 together and let Beck soak it all in!
Fair point….that would be up to the Habs doctors to decide. I just like the player and person for our youth!Maybe it’s me, but I wouldn’t chance Monahan on a multi-year deal after the wear & tear I expect these playoffs will have on him
Better coaching would’ve done what exactly?I’m amazed that almost nobody sees coaching as a big roadblock. I do agree with secondary scoring as the biggest road block though. And goalies. So basically everything
After the season he’s logged in, playing every game, he’s convinced me that he’s deserving of a multi-year offer. Only depends on duration and AAV.Maybe it’s me, but I wouldn’t chance Monahan on a multi-year deal after the wear & tear I expect these playoffs will have on him, especially is the Jets go deep
Relative to contenders sure, but relative to the teams that fight/just made the playoffs I'm not so sure that's true. Like do we really lack top end forwards/defenders relative to Washington? They had two 60 point playes, one 50 point player and were bailed out by Lindgren. The threshold for playoffs isn't all that high when you look at it.
one of the worse pk in the league, I would not brag about it.It's the guys at the top of lineup (Or lack thereof) that determine whether a team is picking top-5 or not. Even the best depth players can't turn a bad team good. To your analogy, there isn't any bottom-6 players that "you want to marry".
At the end of the day Evans produced pretty much what you should expect from a 3rd/4th line guy. And he did it while getting buried in defensive starts, and leading the league in SH time. So I would argue he very much is a specialist that the coach can use in a given situation. As much as people might want a crash & bang energy 4th line, those tend to require a bit of sheltering defensively putting greater stress on the other lines. Burying the 4th line in defensive starts means you can start your top lines in the offensive zone more often. That's a value added to the team that goes well beyond the 4th line's individual production, which again is pretty much inline with reasonable expectations/NHL average.
nothing wrong with him, there are worse on the team, and habs suck.@Rapala
I mean, what more can be expected from him? He's hardly the biggest thing that's wrong with this team. A contender would take a Jake Evans on their team any day: reliable, smart, quick and go on Face-offs and defensively.
Not a strength for sure.Goaltending, I think we over rate our goaltenders. They have flashes of a starter sometimes but I feel like we still have 2 #2 goaltenders.
Dach isn’t some huge game changer. Hes got a career high pace in the 50s. People need to stop pretending that he’s our savior.
Better coaching would’ve done what exactly?
We had 1 real line all year….with two scoring lines we are basically in the playoffs.
The compete level to the end was most impressive……that’s coaching and players believing in MSL
We made the playoffs with 88 points with Gomez so een if we don't count the play-ins/covid seasons that's not true. And last year the Islanders at 93 made the playoffs so again you don't need 95 points to be in the playoffs.Washington had a pretty fluky season and might be the worst playoff team in the salary cap era. It seems to be that using them as a bar as a playoff team is akin to using the 2020-2021 Habs as a bar for a cup contender. I'm not sure there's any team in the East that would trade their roster for Washington's right now.