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Originally Posted by Split98
I don't care what Harmonic and Bennett think of everyone questioning their character. This team lacks passion. The amount of times they got blanked in crucial games tells you all you need to know about this squad.
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This one is tough for me to agree with.
I'm not sure it's the effort or the care that's ever been an issue this season - it's been the execution.
I actually think this team has time's where they care a little too much. The reason they struggle in big games is from trying to do too much not from lacking effort, and then just make horrible, poor, crippling decisions on ice.
Bennett is actually the perfect example. Most of his penalties aren't lazy penalties, they are offensive zone penalties where he is trying so damn hard to get the puck back he grabs or trips up a guy, trying to do too much instead of playing simple.
So for me it's not that the team lacked passion, or didn't care, it's that when they were faced with a big game they got so tight and tense that they got into their own heads and failed.
If anything this team needs more guys to loosen them up before a big game, not another guy just to pile on.