10-04-2019, 02:04 PMReynolds Wrote:

10-04-2019, 11:22 AMImASurvivor Wrote: Nothing about this LA Panthers team screams playoffs to me, let's analyze. Sure their team is young and getting better, and one would only assume that they would improve on last season's performance because of this, but I don't think they are quite there yet. In regards to forwards, they only have 2 top-3 forwards (1300+ TPE) in Mauldin and Winter, 2 top-6 forwards(1000-1300 TPE) in Fujikawa and Cannellini, and then only 3 top-9 forwards (700-1000 TPE) in Forsberg, Clijsters, and Morgan. This reveals 2 gaping holes in their forward core that should result in below-average offensive production relative to the rest of the league. Meanwhile, their defensive core does not make up for what's lacking on offense. With just 1 top-2 defenseman in Toner, and then the rest of the top-6 filled with top-6 talent, there just isn't enough quality there to keep shots away from what is the worst goaltending duo in the league. Both their starter and backup find themselves in the fourth tier of TPE, Evgueni has 645 and Booth has 533, so with the number of shots that are set to attack these two backup level goaltenders, the Panthers are screwed. On paper, this team looks to be heading to another top-5 first-round selection, but with SimonT, anything can happen.

Actually that goaltending duo is one of the hottest tandems in the league and any team would be happy to have them in their pipes. LA could easily knock off the Pride as San Fran barely has a fanbase to help support them in their quest for the postseason.

Could you elaborate on why a team would be drooling to have two goalies who as a tandem have less TPE than 6 goalies in the entire league? Obviously not everything is about TPE and I am sure many teams would love to have Knox Booth as their backup, but he is the starter and I am suggesting that he needed a couple more seasons behind a more developed goaltender before taking over the starting role.