Honestly I feel we were winning a few games at the start of the year because a lot of teams were still trying to find their groove. Hartley had a crazy hard training camp and their was a lot of energy surrounding this team. Overtime, that tends to dull especially with the crazy schedule of the NHL. It's up to the coaching staff to make sure the team still fights through and plays with enough heart/energy to compete and IMO they have down an absolute brutal job. Feel free to bump my "Is Bob Hartley the right coach for this team" thread. I considered doing it after he put Jackman on a line with Hudler and Monahan while he sat Sven, but hey... nows a good a time as any.
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