I am very surprised that people seem so excepting of this group of players and management. The team has consistently failed now since 2004 and for many reasons.
Since god alone knows we have only had 2 decent coaches, Sutter and Hartley and not surprisingly our best results came when they were in charge. Yet the team and this GM continually don’t make the effort to get a good coach. Ridicules to spend 80 odd million on players but not bother to get a top class coach.
Johnny is no doubt a good player but we are not winning a cup with him on the team. He simply disappears when it it gets tough and he has done that constantly, he talks the talk but won’t walk the walk. Monahan is the same but does not have the excuse of being small, as soft as soft can be and simply not good enough to be the number one centre.
Don’t know what’s happened to Lindholm but he was not good either.
I am not sold on our 9 million man either, he has yet to prove himself in the playoffs and in know way deserves 9 million. You can can pay 1 million for a ##### stirer if required. I strongly suspect he is going to disappoint fans when he become a UFA as I think he will be off to his dads old team.
We have to face up to the fact that this team is not going any where near the Stanly Cup as built. There are some nice pieces that can be built around but if this becomeS just another year of tinkering then after 24 years that’s me done with this team. Don’t settle for mediocrity which is this team personified.
This team needs a new GM, an experienced high quality coach and a clear out of soft players who are not willing to put their bodies on the line when the going gets tough.
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