Stastny sure touched on an interesting and honest topic. Wowza. For anybody who hasn’t, that’s a must hear interview. Spoken like a true veteran who “gets it”. If this wasn’t directed at Scheif I’m not sure who else it would be… Maybe Maurice/Lowry for not disciplining and holding players accountable?
He took over after Wheeler ended speaking and basically said some players have to be held more accountable, whether it’s player on player, they need to have more respect for one another. When you don’t have that, and you don’t care about the player next to you, you just care about what you’re doing or certain individual things. Stastny referred to Vancouver this year (about 10 games ago) where they lost a game in OT and a player was called out by Boudreau, and how the player responded and was better defensively. All it takes is one time to get embarrassed and nobody likes it but sometimes it has to happen. He finished by saying you have to have self awareness and sometimes have to sacrifice for the greater of the team.
The way Stastny jumped in there after Wheeler and said what he said sure was interesting for a guy who’s generally pretty reserved.
I think we all have known for a long time that there has been an accountability issue. You always had some players like Mark and Blake who could suck royally and still maintain their slot. Blake I will give atleast gives it his all most nights and I hold the coaches more responsible for not putting him into a role where he is optimized at his age and current ability.
Mark though has been cheating in his own end for years now. Playing half assed in his end for years now. He got all pissy the one time Moe benched him and didn't respond appropriately.
The other players notice all this and you are hearing it now. I'm sure most players are sick of it. I'm sure Nik is sick of being moved around when he isn't as good as he can be but Mark keeps getting prime minutes.
You can tell the players who care and want to win.
Morrissey when asked about his improvement earlier was quick to change the focus from it to wanting more wins. He talks about everyone needing to come in ready and do what's best for the team
Conner feels they need to build a new culture so that they hit the ground running as a team next year.
Nik doesn't give two shits about his point totals if the team isn't winning.
Stastny is dead on, our coaching helped enable this and now we need to figure out who's on the bus and willing to do what it takes ro win as a team and who is paddling their own canoe up the assiniboine. Those players need to be removed and quickly.
I stand by it thay this team if it's pulling in the same direction and fighting for each other is a good team.
I don't see how the biggest player he's calling out isn't Mark. His on ice actions and his media conference today pretty much showed a me first selfish attitude and that is exactly what Paul was calling out.
