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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
This team just doesn't work hard enough right now. I was really hoping that we'd see a leadership transition this year, but its not happening.
Earned not given seems to be a long time in the past, there are way too many passengers every night. I would hope that BT finds a way to dump off some of the veteran contracts this year, and begins to transition some of the farm players up.
Josh Jooris I love his energy but he's an offense killer in the opposition zone.
This team played like it was the last game before the all star break and then put in some effort in the second and third, but when the canes scored that fourth goal they folded their tents and pouted for the rest of the game.
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Yeah. In terms of leadership I really thought we'd see Monahan step up and become one of "the" guys on the team. After all his talk in his first couple seasons about helping the team and becoming a leader improving on all aspects of his game, he has in my opinion had a really pedestrian season for the standards he set for himself early on and isn't showing much heart or clutch ability when it counts. Gaudreau has done more than we could possibly ask of him. Would be nice to see Monahan contribute the odd game breaker instead of leaning on his line mate to do the heavy lifting.
The response after the 4th goal was a good representation of the team's lack of resiliency and confidence. Last year's team would play like they had a good chance even after that.
Hudler and Wideman's drop offs have hurt this team more than anything. Particularly considering their leadership last season. Jiri goes from being the Red Wing outcast who redeemed himself, has a monster season and wins himself the Lady Bing, then comes back and plays like a shadow of his former self one season later. Contract year, too... Where'd all that heart go? I just keep remembering the Hudler that lit up the Kings in the second last regular season game to eliminate the then defending champs. This player is a far cry from that one.