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Originally Posted by Owen15
1) I couldn’t believe how few hits there were last night. Even when an opportunity presented itself guys slow up, turn their backs and glide into a hit. Like a bump. Wtf, last night was about as close to a regular season must win, just to shut people up. I’m more annoyed Bennett didn’t go beast mode, that deserves a benching more than the Haas goal.
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This is all you need to see that this team has tuned out Ward. They may have liked him last year but they don’t now. Tkachuk probably isn’t happy cause his teammates don’t have his back, so he isn’t out there busting his ass. While the guys might not like Bennett’s trade request, he is still a friend and fellow player and they probably don’t like how Ward is playing games with him. And why would Bennett bust his ass out there and make this coach look good?
Ward has badly mishandled this Bennett thing. It’s not Ward’s job to punish Bennett and he shouldn’t have taken this personal, but he has and the players can see it. There’s a difference between being a tough coach and motivating and doing what Ward is doing. What Ward is doing is being tough out of pettiness. Players can see right through that stuff.