Bit silly to say Ward is trash. I get it, he's not some future hall of famer or anything but he has given us some solid numbers for his tenure. He came in after a crappy start to the season last year and had us a solid pace, made the playoffs and gave us a solid showing against Dallas (weird goalie swap aside, but would putting a shaken Talbot out there be good either? whose to say) with with some unfortunate timing on last minute goals that turned the series.
We were looking really solid for a bit there. Then that 5 day break came in and threw off the mojo. I don't understand why breaks destroy us. I don't think our coach is so heinous at adjusting that he doesn't recognize changes need to be made. He shakes the lines up, they have a solid pp strategy, the 5 vs 5 strategy was looking good when they execute it right, but end of the day its on the players to make it happen. It's painful as a fan to see professional athletes not bring that competitive nature and drive. Too much coasting, lots of moments where "finishing your check" became slide gently into them to bump them and skate away, to much stationary position in the O zone and sooooo many odd man rushes... I hope they bring the drive and energy come Saturday because this was tough to watch.
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