Bored last night, so I went through all the current rosters. How the $^&* did Chia think that our D-Core (even with Sekera) was "cup contender" material. Even if Klefbom played at the same level as last year, Nurse is the closest we have to a #1. I know Talbot took a "step back" this year, but I feel in part that happened because he had literally no confidence in his defense.
Lucic looked like he had cement shoes on in the defensive zone and goal #1 was on him. No coverage in front of our net. We couldn't get a rebound last night as the Rangers had excellent coverage down low, and they literally have no one on defense other than Staal and he is a 3rd/4th D-man at best.
Upside, I like the Aberg trade and Bear makes trading Klefbom/Sekera and draft picks for a legit 1/2 d-man a possibility. Nashville and Tampa Bay are going to need to dump some D-man next year and Chia better do something drastic or we will be in the same boat next March.
It is down right ugly.
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