There is a problem with the leadership core on this team. If they can't step up and lead the team (and they obviously can't) then we need a coach who can assume that role (and obviously that is not Ward).
If we had Sutter or Torts as a coach they would take the heat off the players and put it on themselves. All Ward does is pass the buck back on the players.
A Sutter or Torts type would also have the team embrace the "villains of the North Division" storyline that the media was trying to push and use it as a rallying point to bring the team together. Instead we end up with a neutered Tkachuk and Bennett wanting out.
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