Many great parts are there, some that GMs out there would pay an arm and a leg for. But the team is not the sum of its parts. Why is that? I think perhaps redundancy in terms of a mix of playing style and character.
We purposely seeked out "character" guys when we drafted high, and we did well at that, and maybe TOO well.
There are so many good, admirable characters on the roster aside from perhaps Tkachuk and Rinaldo (Lucic has softened since becoming a family man) that there isn't the nastiness and dare I say arrogance.
The issue you get (as cap alluded to) with a room full of humble, easy going pros is that when you want them to get fired up they're not going to a lot of times. The team needs an evander kane or two who are core level players to give a better balance to the room of leadership, character but also grit.
Trading a couple small bodies for bigger ones that like to use there size would also be of huge benefit.
It's a shame really, this is - on paper - a very promising group of individuals that theoretically should be able to challenge for this conference, and even did. But its not the right mix to sustain that kind of success. Too much of the same thing. Brad needs to make some exotic imports, so to speak.. before they take another step.
Team needs more backbone on its bench. You can't have third periods like Saturday where you throw the game. That cant happen against that opponent.
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