i have heard about that too but have not seen any proof of this.. i can see why they might do this to limit injuries but how do you punish a team when they play like crap?? they should be forced to do what Herb Brooks did for team USA, maybe that would wake up this group of heartless bums. its a shame that they rather turn the other cheek instead of sticking up for each other... real teams back each other up. i guess this team is full of selfish non leaders...
I don't see how that works with this group anyway. Bag skating a team is great for getting the blood boiling of the heart and soul players to get fired up and start holding their teammates accountable. Look at this roster. Seriously, who's going to be that guy? Cally and Staal are injured, and aren't don't have the personalities for that anyway. Girardi, Nash, Pyatt, Richards? Not likely at all. What other vets do we even have? Asham knows he's anothing more than a spare part here. Stralman? Brassard? Seriously.
The only player on this roster that I can see as any voice of accountability in that lockerroom might be Boyle or Zucc. But Boyle hasn't contributed on the scoreboard in so long I doubt he's in any position to confront players. CK looks like a guy that has a chip on his shoulder sometimes. I can see him being a more vocal locker room guy.
You know when this type of stuff would've been addressed by a closed locker room? When Dubinsky and Prust were on this roster. I know this is becomming the most tired thing ever to hear, but i believe it to be true.
Dubi, Prust, AA, Cally, Staal, Girardi, MDZ, Hagelin, Stepan, CK, McIlrath, Lundqvist, Talbot, Zuccarello. If that was the current roster, it's a bunch of guys that came up the same way. Earned their dues in the organization in Hartford, spent time travelling back and forth as they tried to crack the line-up, and made their home debut's on Broadway. That's the kind of group you can bag skate, and get a serious reaction out of. Fill out with players like Boyle and Dorsett and you have a heart and soul line-up. Would Stepan, CK, Hags, and Zucc be more than making up for Nash's loss in points? I think with the rest of those guys around them they would.
This current roster is a bunch of heartless mercenaries. Nash, Pouliot, Pyatt, Richards, Asham, Brassard.
TL;DR - forget the bag skate. the less this players are on the ice, the better it is for the sport of hockey.
unless Sather told the coach to tank for 1st overall. maybe Sather is realizing they need their own young drafted superstar on this team. last 5 teams that won had a young star they drafted.. maybe Sather finally got it.. or maybe not... he will end up picking another Jessiman if he got the 1st overall pick 
