Currently sitting at 3rd place in the CANOSA conference, I can affirm that the GM is very satisfied of the very first season of the Amos Comets. After a fast start, Amos kept going with Ws and many OT-L.
But then, February 5th came. It felt like a very rough day for GM Quesnel as he just learned that Couture was injured for several weeks. Having a strong motivation of finding a 2nd line winger in mind, he attacked the day with many calls and propositions. The fact is that the conference and the league, in general, have a really good parity between teams. It makes trade even harder as most of the teams are pushing in the same direction. So, with the feeling of failing the team, the trade deadline gave a sour taste in the GM’s mouth.. The next days following went really hard. Back-to-back blowout vs Springfield and another L against Sudbury stroke the confidence of the team badly.
Fortunately, Couture came back fast. As expected, his presence and his leadership came at the right moment to stop the slide. The team rallies all together, lines & combinations seem to finally work. Players like Saad & Huberdeau are slowly finding their place as important pieces in every victory. Since Couture's return, the team is now 5-2 in the last seven games. Still sitting in 3rd place with 4 points over Springfield plus one game in hand at the moment I am writing the article. It will be very interesting to follow the evolution game by game until the end of the season between Amos & Springfield.
In a recent interview after they clinched their playoffs spot, Mr. Quesnel said that he was very enthusiastic about the upcoming playoffs and very satisfied of the way his 3 lines were able to produce so far. He has complete confidence for Andrei in the net to keep them competitive until the end.
As mentioned before, this season's mentality was: Win now, cry later!
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