Guys who work their ass off? There are 5 guys in Addie that were here during the winning times that are not here now. Knight, Reinhart, Setoguchi, Ferland and Sven. Of those, I think you can only point to Ferland as having any better wrok effort than the returnees Colborne, Stajan and Raymond. And of the returnees, only Raymond has added nothing IMO. Colborne has been decent considering he's still not 100% on his shot strength. Stajan is a 4th line centre doing what that kind of guys does - win defensive zone faceoffs and not be a defensive liability.
IMO this slide is more to do with several young players hitting a wall at the same time. Brodie was a key guy in the wins, and he's cooled off a lot. Jooris and Granlund are not as productive, and their scoring was important. Monahan is still playing well, but I think the grind of playiong those top lines is wearing a bit. Byron hasn't produced in a while.
The goaltending cooled as well, with a few big blunders happeneing (which wipe out overall decent play).
The best guys who've maintained their game are Gio, Johnny, Jones, Hudler, and to some extent Glencross. I think Colborne's been OK, Stajan's been OK, Russell had a good game Saturday and Wideman's been adequate.
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