Kadri checking out is pretty gross to see as a fan, but on the whole this year he wasn't terrible, and definitely isn't the reason we are missing the playoffs.
Huberdeau has had the effort, but the results are completely lacking, it's shocking this player out up 115 points last year.
Markstrom is hands down the culprit in missing the playoffs, and by extension Sutter who overplayed him even at the points where Vladar was playing better.
Starting Markstrom yesterday because "he earned it" shows that Sutter is out of touch and not making the best decisions to win games.
Sutter rolled 4 lines in this game and should have shortened his bench and stacked lines to try and generate more offense.
Maybe we lose to bottom feeders so often because Sutter won't make adjustments to our game plan to exploit their weaknesses.
Sutter sees one way to play. Regardless of the type of players on his team, the goaltending he is getting, the time of year, the time of the game or who the opponent is. You keep banging your head against that brick wall or else.
|