I really don't understand the reluctance of some hardcore fans here to criticize the obvious. This was not a close game, where both teams fought really hard and one got luckier. To me, this was a very poorly coached and executed game against the opponent whose game is well-known and was expected. Harltey said as much this morning :"we knew they will be clogging the neutral zone". Well then, what have you done to the game plan to combat that? What's the point of bringing a knife to a gun fight? One poster already commented on the issues of consistently poor PP and poor zone entry this season. That's coaching.
To dismiss the importance of this loss (and a similar loss to Anaheim a little earlier) is to neglect the looming question: what does this team need to do to be able to fight bigger and grittier defensively-oriented teams successfully?
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