Feel like as a team the players are trying to do different things.
Hamonic and Lucic are playing safe.
Johnny is still high risk, but nobody wants to pass to him.
Monahan wants to play stronger defence but still defers to Gaudreau.
Tkachuk / Lindholm / Mangiapane at least seem to be on the same page.
Gio wants to do it all.
Brodie / Hanafin change it up on any given shift.
And perhaps most frustrating of all (based on the last few seasons of success with this group) the back end is no longer prepared to play a stretch pass, even with forwards streaking. there’s nothing to keep team’s honest. Just safe, inconsistent play for other groups to take advantage.
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