There's a lot I'll forgive when it comes to a team simply not being good enough to win... but our inability to stand up for each other is baffling to me.
Gaudreau gets a huge headshot and you wouldn't have any idea based on the rest of the period. Gio at least came in to fight, but a team that cares for one another will respond on the ice and get pissed. Make it hell out there for the other team.
Can you imagine how Edmonton would respond this season if McDavid was the recipient of that headshot? Maroon, Kassian, and Lucic would actually respond... and I hate all 3 of those players. But they would defend their star player FFS.
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