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Lou glossing over the situation in Bridgeport is weak. Of course the main goal of an AHL team is to have players prepared to help at the NHL level. This kind of atmosphere and losing is not good for player development and he knows that. It’s a negative atmosphere and he should own it!

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20 Games under .500 in Bridgeport! Time to clean house those players need a fresh start under new leadership. With the talent level you don’t expect the team to be great, but they should be closer to .500. Players even fringe prospects are not performing up to potential. Losing like this is unacceptable even in the AHL. Lou gets his share of criticism, but for the most part I have a positive view of him as a GM. It’s simply a situation he has to find a young GM and coach to use the defibrillator on this franchise now. You can’t have prospects in this environment. Thank God most of our top prospects are in NCAA or overseas, and they have to stay there at least until this mess is cleaned up. Send Engvall down he deserves to ride the bus in Bridgeport. Not a shred of Pride or compete, I’d make that dude ride the bus for six years down there. Foudy has earned a call up to at least be an extra forward. However I think these new lines are set at the moment.

Lee Horvat. Barzel

DuClair Nelson Palmeri

Holmstrom JG. Casey

Gatcomb. Mac. Tsyplakov

Honestly these lines fix nicely together. The defensive pairings

Pelech. De Angelo

Romanov. Boqvist

Perunovich Mayfield

One thing jumps out at you. Better skating a very mobile smaller group. Romanov Mayfield and DeAngelo provide some nice physicality.

Pulock and Dobson are going to be out a while unfortunately. As far as Dobson he is concerned going to have to spend the Summer getting stronger and learn how to be nastier and tougher to play against. Opposition is just to damn comfortable around him. If he has to drop the gloves occasionally he has to be mentally and physically prepared for that. He isn’t a kid anymore. The upside is still there, but so is the trade value? Pulock is so solid, would love to see him shoot on net more. Pulock if healthy is another tremendous trade asset. Not saying I would trade either, but it might be necessary to acquire a young stud offensive forward. Lee Palmeri Nelson Casey there are a lot of forwards up there in age that need to be replaced. Hopefully Danny Nelson and Cole Eiserman are part of that solution, but we need more offensive talent up front. Dobson or Pulock have the ability to get that return in a trade. Winnipeg has to go all in this year the window is open for them. If Pulock is healthy he should be there number one target. Who knows if Lou is going to move anyone or should?

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