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Originally Posted by Bingo
Agree completely.
And I've said that repeatedly.
If they have a leadership issue the coach will likely have to go because it's too expensive and/or ineffective to either acquire leaders with skill or leaders that have lost it and have to play on the fourth line.
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Leadership is so overrated. It's just another one of those buzzwords that mask actual problems. Look at the Colorado Avalanche as an example, they're one of the youngest teams in the NHL with virtually no leadership to speak of and had of the worst seasons in league history just 1 calendar year ago.
Yet here they are with roughly the same roster, same coach and etc and they beat us out of a playoff spot. How is that possible? Look up and down the roster, we clearly have more experience, more leaders and more character. But they beat us out of a spot because they're younger, faster and more skilled than us. Simple as that.
This franchise has not adapted to the "winning hockey" for decades now and it's the reason why we're always spinning our wheels and why our teams always seem to stink it up whenever there's any type of expectations going into a season.