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Hey guys. Long time, no speak (since last season).
I had a semi-simple question to ask you, and I wanted to see what you guys thought about it.
In your subjective opinion, (however researched or off-the-top-of-the-dome it may be) which are the top 10-12 most potent offenses in the league right now (and possibly going forward)? I know that no offense is ever perfect, and at times, can be subject to poor performances or the odd shutout every once in a while, but if given the choice, in order, which would be the top 10 scoring offenses you would not want your team to run into, night after night?
I made a premilinary listing about a month about ago, although maybe it's changed now. I'm looking forward to see what comparea and what contrasts. Additionally, last week I went over the various NHL awards and their histories, and it got me to thinking (in relation): are there any truly "elite" defensive-minded teams right now? A big part of this has to do witha team's starting goalie, and the rotation of the backup netminder, as well as his supporting cast, (aggressive defensemen, not-too-many power-play chances allowed, front-line scoring and holding the lead, etc.) but this is also something I thought might interest the discussion.
In my opinion, there is something to the goalie tandem behind the Pens, (Rask and Tim Thomas) Jonathan Quick, the rookie Bobrovsky, and recently, the play of the Thrasher's Pavlec, that has me thinking these are some very bright, and near-shutdown-type goalies, possibly the very five best that no opposing coach would want to face when they are on point. There are others perhaps, and you might not even have two of the above in your personal ranking of the top goalies, and I'm probably only looking at it right now, not just going forward into the second half of the season and beyond, so I could very well be wrong by this time in February.
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