I was bullish on Ullmark heading in, but he has not looked good and the whole key to these guys finding their footing has been lost. I think it's on him too, the team has been mostly fine in his games imo. It's wading in to disaster territory though if they don't reel off a couple wins here quickly and while Forsberg has been better, I don't think he's good enough to take them anywhere right now either. Either Ullmark gets it together or this team is f***ed.
SS had no choice but to give it another go with this core and his options were limited by the lack of assets, but if this season ends like the last few, it's time to make major changes to the core. Re-tool, whatever you want to call it, but I feel like the core is properly supported this year and still can't carry the team consistently the way your best players need to in this league.
When I see Zub handing the puck to the opposition like he did early on last night, I can't help but feel like they're broken in some way. He's better than that. So many times when they're looking good, someone takes them out of it, whether it's the goaltender or a player.
