Cologne Makes Changes

[Devise 4,475]

This past off season the Cologne Express made a series of changes after yet another early playoff exit in Season 41. Shedding longtime goalie Blaine Olynick and replacing him with Calgary Wranglers stud Martin Brookside. Veteran Andrey Zadorav and depth player Azmet Ali were swapped for the younger Alistar Graves and Chris Raymond. Nicolas Caprivi who spent Season 41 as a fourth defender learning the ways of the game even switched to center, a position he told coaches he would feel more natural at. 

 

The Express also have a "part two" of a deal in the pipe, one has to assume it will be a deadline deal to acquire another piece. So the question is. Will these changes matter? Does the Express roster now look better than it did in the past few seasons? One can argue that regardless of some of these side changes the Express will look better simply because all stars Thomas O'Malley and Mason Richardson are developing past just being rookies. In their third seasons in the league it's hard to look at anybody on any team who practices and pays as much attention to the little detail. The little rivalry between them only seems to fuel their work ethic.

 

However is an upgrade in net, and a restructuring of the depth, combined with the evolution of the core of the Express going to help take them over the edge? Season 42 is going to be a big make or break season for Cologne, and GM Ryan Power seems to know it. 

[Advantage 2,899]

[gorlab 4,321]

They need a colonic IMO.

[Phil 5,129]

Colognoscopy.