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Originally Posted by Da_Chief
Only watched the first period but kept hearing "not the same intensity as last nights BoA"
It's clearly the players, Darryl has his work cut out for him. If he turns this around, you give him the Jack Adams. It's been a long time since I've seen a lazier team in any sport. Their job literally is to play less than half hour of hockey every day or every other day and they can't bring it consistently? Their travel has been limited, their off-ice commitments are much less due to Covid.
I would much rather watch the nightmarish Young Guns era than this pathetic effort by this supposed "playoff contender".
Good luck Darryl.
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I hate to be the guy who agrees with Eric Francis (and no I am not Eric Francis), but he said something insightful during the intermission.
The energy for the BOA was great, and the energy vs Ottawa was terrible. Darryl is the kind of guy who can level out emotion across games, and make them engaged every game regardless of opponent.
We've seen flashes of what these players can do. If Darryl gets them to a place where they are playing consistently, we have a chance to make some noise. Brad needs to upgrade RW, but I think as long as you got Markstrom, you have to go for it.