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Old 03-29-2021, 11:15 AM   #33
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Originally Posted by Bingo View Post
Moves made after a four game losing streak that essentially ended the season really shouldn't bring about a told you so.

Stone wasn't seen around the team until the hole was too deep and a teaching opportunity for Valimaki came up.

Weren't you pro Sutter and the issue was Ward?

He's trying to change the culture of a stunted roster any way he can. Good! I don't like the lineup either, but I'm going to assume a guy with his level of experience is now firmly arriving at the need to disrupt a team that will never win in the current way they approach the game and getting themselves ready.
If this is directed towards me - I was absolutely anti-Ward, but was not on the “it’s all Ward” train. I was, and am pro-Sutter - and was and am definitely on the side that thinks this core group needs huge changes (I want them to “sell” before the deadline and in the summer).

Largely, none of this matters - but I guess I’d say if Sutter was trying to change the culture, then why are the players at the root of the culture issue still playing? “Demoting” Mangiapane and having Leivo and Ritchie play with Tkachuk/Lindholm/Gaudreau/Monahan is a move worth questioning.

So far, we’ve seen Tkachuk’s minutes reduced, Valimaki and Dube scratched, while Gio, Ritchie and Backlund’s roles all grow. I’d argue the leadership group of Gio/Backlund/Monahan is the group of players that this team needs to grow beyond, and move on from...but I guess we’ll see how it goes.

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