Hard to blame that on Ward but the reason I do not like him is that I think this team, like the 04 team, needs to have a coach that is the heart of the team. This lineup does not lack skill, he lacks a guy like Darryl Sutter. It has an all star goalie, enough front-end talent to compete, but it does not have the natural leaders in the dressing room. There is no way that Darryl Sutter would have 60 minutes of effort like that. It will never happen but I would love to see what Sutter could do with this team.
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