[Machiavelli]

Has any team in the past decade won without a strong 1-2 punch up the middle?

I've seen a few posts essentially pointing the finger at Monahan, a guy who played through significant injuries and who I could almost feel wince in pain when he received a hard pass.

This thread already reads a bit like a witch hunt but I'm wondering why Backlund isn't getting more grief. The organization put a lot of faith in him with a fairly generous contract, and I didn't see enough a high enough compete level this season. I saw a lot of lackadaisical play in the defensive zone and far too much coasting.