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Super-Rye · 03-02-2018, 11:33 PM

The most worrying thing for me is this was not a good game when the team really needed one. With the position they are in they really needed to come out and jump all over a team below them in the standings. I know they outshot the Rangers in the first, but how many of those shots were really dangerous? Didn't feel like a whole lot.

The turnovers by core players at key moments has been a problem for this team all season. They were not good at any point tonight. They were sloppy, slow and predictable right from the get go. 2 goals were a direct result of players not playing till the whistle/giving up on the play. This is not a playoff team.

I basically gave up watching this team on a regular basis in December. They didn't show any progression up to that point in the season and figured that this team wasn't going to make the playoffs. Now it is crunch time and I am still seeing the same terrible mistakes and a lack of any progression.

This team has no killer instinct. They play a slow and with no urgency, and it bleeds into other parts of their game, like special teams.

The coaches roll 4 lines despite the fact they don't even really have 3 worth playing. Players like Brouwer and Stajan get free passes because they're veterans despite being god awful for most of the season. They refuse to switch up lines during the game despite slow and sloppy starts. This team just doesn't have their heads in the game and they haven't for most of the season.

Does the team need a roster shakeup? Absolutely. The players are not blameless in this and I'm sure we will see a couple core players shipped out.

But my biggest fear is we get to the offseason and we get to hear excuses like "Our advanced stats were really good." "We lost our MVP Mike Smith and if we had him we like our chances to make the playoffs." and more awful crap like that while management tries to sell us on another year of this terrible coaching staff.

I'd love for this team to prove me wrong and make the playoffs but nothing I've seen from them this year has shown me they will do that.

03-02-2018, 11:33 PM	#243
Super-Rye First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Calgary Exp:	The most worrying thing for me is this was not a good game when the team really needed one. With the position they are in they really needed to come out and jump all over a team below them in the standings. I know they outshot the Rangers in the first, but how many of those shots were really dangerous? Didn't feel like a whole lot. The turnovers by core players at key moments has been a problem for this team all season. They were not good at any point tonight. They were sloppy, slow and predictable right from the get go. 2 goals were a direct result of players not playing till the whistle/giving up on the play. This is not a playoff team. I basically gave up watching this team on a regular basis in December. They didn't show any progression up to that point in the season and figured that this team wasn't going to make the playoffs. Now it is crunch time and I am still seeing the same terrible mistakes and a lack of any progression. This team has no killer instinct. They play a slow and with no urgency, and it bleeds into other parts of their game, like special teams. The coaches roll 4 lines despite the fact they don't even really have 3 worth playing. Players like Brouwer and Stajan get free passes because they're veterans despite being god awful for most of the season. They refuse to switch up lines during the game despite slow and sloppy starts. This team just doesn't have their heads in the game and they haven't for most of the season. Does the team need a roster shakeup? Absolutely. The players are not blameless in this and I'm sure we will see a couple core players shipped out. But my biggest fear is we get to the offseason and we get to hear excuses like "Our advanced stats were really good." "We lost our MVP Mike Smith and if we had him we like our chances to make the playoffs." and more awful crap like that while management tries to sell us on another year of this terrible coaching staff. I'd love for this team to prove me wrong and make the playoffs but nothing I've seen from them this year has shown me they will do that.