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Ward references the team identity and that they’re not playing to it right now and how last year they were scoring team and that didn’t work in the playoffs.

...does anyone have a damn clue as to what identity Ward thinks this team has this season?

If they decided to not being a scoring team and to be something else this year, that would certainly explain the complete cliff this team’s offensive talent has driven off of and why you have offensively gifted players like Gaudreau looking completely lost. I don’t know how many times we’ve dumped the puck into Johnny’s corner this year (a bajillion?), but if that’s the plan I get why these players have quit on the organization. Just paceless, dry, safe hockey. I’m reminded of Conroy’s story of his first shift with Jarome where Connie dumped it in - and after the shift Iggy yelled at Connie that on the first line, you don’t dump it in on the rush. What the hell is this team actually trying to accomplish?