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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Still, these are 2 legitimate experienced NHL individuals who are watching each player shift by shift. They know better than you or I who is playing well and who isn't. He isn't just not playing well either, he's actually hurting the team. How can one justify playing Hamilton more when he's a -10 in the last 4 games? Not even Claude Julien could justify that. A new coach isn't going to fix the problems that are plaguing Dougie Hamilton. He needs to start playing considerably better now before this team is completely out of the playoff picture for the 2nd consecutive year whilst we wait for one of the weakest links of the team to get their act together.
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Just like a new coach isn't going to fix the problems that Gaudreau, Monahan, Brodie, Giordano, and Bennett are experiencing?
Saying Hamilton needs to start playing considerably better now before this team is completely out of the playoffs is probably what's wrong with this forum right now. Hamilton can't make-up for Jokipakka, Kulak, Giordano, Brodie, and Wideman's failures. Their failures impact Hamilton's play just as much as Hamilton's failures impact their play. The problem with the team right now is the team itself, not any one individual player.
If, when the autopsy is run on this season (and let's not kid ourselves, it should already be underway - the season is dead), it is deemed that Giordano, Brodie, Hamilton, Gaudreau, Monahan and Bennett all suck at hockey and they're the reason we're losing - then the rebuild has to start from scratch...but something tells me that just isn't the case. It's not on any one individual player, the team is failing as a team. When we have this many players failing to play up to individual expectations, something else has to be at work. The reality is that at this stage, if the team systems/coaching staff aren't to blame, then we're in a lot of trouble.