Well, that was one of the worst displays of effort I've seen from any Blues team...ever. It literally looked like the boys were skating in quicksand and the Sens were jetting on air glides. We were beat to every loose puck, lost most puck battles and every foot race. The worst offenders were our star veterans headed up by our beloved captain Schenn with close runners up in Buch and Kyrou. I'm ok with losing but giving up on plays or not skating hard to be involved in the play (they were always too late to even fight for the puck most instances) is a disgrace. If it weren't for the new blood on the team this year, we would currently be bottom 5. I'll say this much. I did like the effort and overall play from Toro, Neighbors, Tex, Holloway, Bro and Faulk (at least it looked like they cared and wanted to be there).
We need to trade Kyrou now. His special brand of lackadaisical play is contagious and poisonous. If this is a retool, he needs to be a cog we replace and made an example of. Hell, it couldn't hurt the offence any more than it is now. Schenn and Suter have no foot speed and should be very limited in ice time. I'd say trade them too but no one wants them. The sad thing is, this team has enough talent to compete and push for a playoff spot but not with that level of effort and determination.
It's times like this that I wish we had kept Bortuzzo. At least he might start a fight and punch someone in practice for this craptastic display of effort. Thats exactly what Schenn should be doing but he'd have to kick his own ass first. Hopefully Bannister lodges his size 10 1/2 straight up their keisters and skates the crap out of them. That was embarrassing.