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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Last season there was the China trip, new coach, several new players so the learning curve was there. This year it is the same group, and system. People are right to be nervous because this team has followed up the or 2 previous solid seasons with duds.
This team could still go on a run and figure it out. Watching them right now though it doesn’t feel like that is going to happen any time soon
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Absolutely. There is a consistent pattern with this core. Great year, poor year, great year, poor year.
If someone were to suggest changing the core of this team based on that alone, I would agree. This, to me, suggests that the core players are not easily motivated and struggle to be consistent. That's not a winning formula.
The question is then who are the biggest culprits? That I don't have an answer for, but I bet coaching and management have a good idea of it. I suspect that if they're still around .500 by Christmas, Tree will make a blockbuster deal to shake up this core. I'm thinking a prominent forward AND defenseman sent out in a deal like the Carolina deal last year.