It's intolerable that their home record is so poor, it's not bad it's awful and not indicative of a playoff bound team.
Their powerplay stats are horrible for the year.
Those 2 things and now not being able to win games against inferior teams in the standings equates to missing the playoffs, which gives them no chance of winning jack $hit!
Mediocrity is accepted despite all the moves, they also lack depth in scoring and cannot play a physical game... don't kid ourselves on this, they can't.
So in the end, what is this team's identity?
Done thinking about it? They really don't have one. It takes all 23 players (and more) to sacrifice throughout the year just to make it to the playoffs when the real work begins and it has not happened.
Is the coaching sub par, it may be up for debate by some, but I think so (see comments regarding the powerplay), team defense, stupid and untimely penalties, and the list goes on...
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