All you guys screaming for Mika to get benched, yet nobody ever shines a light on K'horrible.
Why does he get a pass for error after error after error?
Why does he never get held accountable for never being willing to take a hit to make the right play instead of dumping it anywhere to avoid contact?
Why does he get a pass after constantly not picking up coverage in front of the net?
Why does he get a pass for chasing a player with the puck out past the circles or even to the blue line and f***ing up the coverage game after game after game?
He is not a good defenseman. He has the hockey sense of a hammer. He has all the tools you would ask for but not a single clue about what he should be doing. On top of that he doesn't appear to be learning it either.
I have said before he is Brady Skjei 2.0 because of this: he has all the tools. You look at him and think he could win the Norris. But he has a checkers brain in a chess game. He will probably put up some seasons that are really good, but he will never come close to what his potential is because he either truly can't figure it out or doesn't care enough to get to the next level.
Please please please trade this f***ing guy before we sign him to a horrible boat anchor of a deal and handcuff this team until he's retired.
I have been saying this since the moment I saw him. He is not a top tier defenseman and if we pay him like one we are screwed.
This is what happens when you introduce young guys to this league without proper coaching and structure.
Quinn was the wrong coach.
Gallant was the wrong coach.
Lavi is the wrong coach.
This team needed a systems/structure/accountability coach from day 1 of the rebuild lasting at least 3 years.
We still haven't gotten that coach and the on ice product just oozes that.
Beginning of the season showed so much promise with a structure and system that was easy to see. But when bad habits started creeping back in, no one was benched. And so we're back to square one where the lines and defense have no system, no structure because it's readily apparent that unless you are a young player or getting paid league minimum, there is very little chance that there will be repercussions.