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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Leadership group being built around Giordano and Backlund is clearly an issue, and one this team can’t overcome.
I don’t care if they “care” and “hate losing”, their on ice performance has never been able to harness emotion and play effective when things get difficult. When this team needs to punch back, we have no one to lead the charge. Tkachuk is trying to be that guy, and he looks like the jagged nail that needs to be hammered down to be in line with the rest of the absolute garbage.
I hate the culture of this team, and it’s 100% on Treliving, the coaching staff, and the leadership group in the locker room.
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Fully agree with this. I was calling for Gio to be traded this last off season because of it. I’m even more sure now that he needs to go. It’s not because of his on ice play. He is still a very good dman that has declined a bit with age, but still very good none the less. This core needed a big culture change and it starts with the captain . I’m not one who believes in stripping the captaincy away and having him stay on team. There needed to be a huge message sent to the core that the culture needed to change. Other moves needed to happen with the core but for me the main trade that needed to happen was trading Gio. Don’t even get me started with the resigning of Ward . That was just plain dumb from the get go.