[Dr. Doom]

One thing is for certain, this is a hell of a predicament to be in.

Our slide has been mirrored in comparison to the Leafs but the options were far different there. Everyone knew Babcock was on bought time, and realistically they can afford to trade a Nylander or Barrie.

With our team, the GM was just recently extended. So he isn't going anywhere. The coaching carousel has been common theme around here and Peters was an excellent coach as recently as last season when we won the West - you have to think ownership would be against yet another coaching change. And you have very few tradeable assets that aren't the kind of trading low, high risk, going to be enough of a difference maker to re-shape the team overnight.

This is a terrible spot to be in really and it could go on for a while until whatever "it" is comes out (if "it" is really an entity).

Based on Ward's comments a couple of days ago, we have a bunch of guys that don't care enough and we saw it again tonight. I also think something happened last All-Star break that contributed to this and has been getting worse and worse. Another safe bet is that it has to do with our core because if it was a lesser player let's face it they would have been shipped out by now.

If something is to happen it might actually be one of our top guys going out and sorry to say but Johnny sure looks lazy and disinterested out there. Treliving is tasked with finding the right dance partner and the type of return which brings the exact opposite of our problem. Ideally it's a one-on-one vs. Depth but who in their right mind is looking to deal that type of player back?

Talk about an impossible situation...

I for one don't put a lot of blame Treliving here to be honest. I think he thought that Neal may have been a major factor in the lack of care factor, much like the rest of us. I think we're all finding out now it is more deep rooted.