1) Darryl Sutter hockey. Boring as hell to watch at the best of times and drives you away from the sport in general when it's not going well.
2) The prospects and the handling of the prospects. Too many small players and the ones that have size are always on a really short leash when they get a chance. When you have two #### ups like Lucic and Lewis playing in your lineup the short leash approach looks even worse. See point one.
3) The GM and choice of coaches. You draft a whole bunch of undersized prospects then bring in a coach who will only play big guys. Good work there! You have a bunch of skill players but bring in coaches who play a game around the perimeter. Brilliant!
4) The pom-pom waiving "super fans" who are blind to the obvious flaws of the team. The reason there is no accountability is because of lunatics like them. Nothing changes until the general tenor of the fanbase changes.
5) Fake noise at games. The music played at 11. The screaming idiot doing promotions. The stupid #### of trying to get people to cheer. You want people to cheer? Entertain them. Play exciting hockey. The noise is spontaneous and earned. This team doesn't earn ####.
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