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Originally Posted by Royle9
I think most of us knew this team was going to struggle this year, and for the most part people seemed like they were okay with that so long as we had entertaining hockey.
Well... we're 5 games in now 1-4 with a -9 goal differential.
Goalies have been "ok"
Lots of passengers out there
Lots of uninspired hockey to be watched
Enjoy watching the young guys, but we benched the youngest guys for 3 of 5 games now.
I see no reason to panic, if we're not going to be lights out unstoppable I'd much rather avoid mushy middle play we're all accustomed to watch.
I just wish we'd leave the young kids alone and let them play, they're clearly not the problem and this is a season to learn and grow.
I feel like if this keeps up this could be the year to unload a number of veterans looking for that one last shot at a cup:
Andersson
Kadri
Coleman
Then there's another tier of players who don't seem to contribute much at all, and not just for a few games, these guys have been invisible for what seems like forever:
Sharongovich
Farabee
Miromanov
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The bolded is the worst part for me. You know you're not talented enough to win purely on skill, but then you don't show up and put in consistent efforts on top of that? Low skill and lazy is unwatchable hockey. I've been forced to turn games off most nights. I missed their one win in Edmonton because of that, and I think we can all say that was extremely lucky to even get a point out of that game, let alone a win.
This team could easily be winless so far to start the year, and they're definitely better than the effort we've seen so far. And yes, I do think they played way above their head last year, so I'm not expecting anything resembling a playoff team, but this is abysmal.