offdacrossbar
misfit fanboy
It's time to take our medicine and burn it down.
Although I believe a lot of this is due to how Drury has handled things and of course Lavi and his ice time decisions, this is really about the players who get paid to be professionals and go about their trade and play ice hockey. The vet leaders have all failed. Whining and "hurt feelings" have taken over. It's all a garbage smokescreen to cover up their failures.
To me, the players have stopped playing. Not all of course, but certainly those we all called "core" players and those we all saw fail against the Panthers. The old guard is toast. We waited too long. We know the names. Some are already gone.
We've extended Shesty. We have a defense that needs a left side. We have no centerman. We need some more size and snarl (some is down in Hartford) we need more Cools and Berard and less badDJs, anyone named Smith, broken down slow footed turnover machines and dyed blonde hair guys.
It's time to take a few steps back and eat some crow. The contracts have us hamstrung and Drury has some work to do.
This season is over. Let's begin changing the dynamic. Play the kids. Sit the vets until we can sell them off. Bring up REMPE.
The good news is there aren't going to be the roadblocks for the kids like the last 10 years. There's opportunity. Let's move forward.
Although I believe a lot of this is due to how Drury has handled things and of course Lavi and his ice time decisions, this is really about the players who get paid to be professionals and go about their trade and play ice hockey. The vet leaders have all failed. Whining and "hurt feelings" have taken over. It's all a garbage smokescreen to cover up their failures.
To me, the players have stopped playing. Not all of course, but certainly those we all called "core" players and those we all saw fail against the Panthers. The old guard is toast. We waited too long. We know the names. Some are already gone.
We've extended Shesty. We have a defense that needs a left side. We have no centerman. We need some more size and snarl (some is down in Hartford) we need more Cools and Berard and less badDJs, anyone named Smith, broken down slow footed turnover machines and dyed blonde hair guys.
It's time to take a few steps back and eat some crow. The contracts have us hamstrung and Drury has some work to do.
This season is over. Let's begin changing the dynamic. Play the kids. Sit the vets until we can sell them off. Bring up REMPE.
The good news is there aren't going to be the roadblocks for the kids like the last 10 years. There's opportunity. Let's move forward.
