Speculation: We have issues - POLE

[CantHaveTkachev]

McDavid has missed several games there because of a suspension. There's nothing wrong with 1.06 ppg for a small stretch of games. This team should be grown up enough to handle that.

they are....8th in the league since Jan 1st and 2 points back of first in the division

 

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they are....8th in the league since Jan 1st and 2 points back of first in the division

So why the complaining? Just cherry picking the last few games?

The team is what it is, it's likely never going to win a President's Trophy ... it's not built to do that.

Honestly not winning the division even may be for the best. Drawing Colorado in the 1st round or something would be a disaster for this team. They can't handle MacK/Makar, definitely not our goalies, they'll get eaten alive in a 7 game series.

Our best bet is to hope for another 1st round series with LA and hope LA hasn't figured things out. That's a match up we can manage with the roster we got.

 

[K1984]

Team loses three in a row while getting skinned alive on the scoreboard, but any discussion around it is considered "cherry picking."

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

So why the complaining? Just cherry picking the last few games?

The team is what it is, it's likely never going to win a President's Trophy ... it's not built to do that.

Honestly not winning the division even may be for the best. Drawing Colorado in the 1st round or something would be a disaster for this team. They can't handle MacK/Makar, definitely not our goalies, they'll get eaten alive in a 7 game series.

pointing out McDavid hasn't been good the past few weeks is just pointing out facts
pointing out the entire team has stunk the past few games...from the goalie on out...is just stating the obvious

 

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pointing out McDavid hasn't been good the past few weeks is just pointing out facts
pointing out the entire team has stunk the past few games...from the goalie on out...is just stating the obvious

I think he's just tired of the shit here, it wears on a player.

He scored 2/4 goals for Canada against the US, that's more goals for him than Canada got out of MacKinnon, Makar, Crosby, etc. combined. So he stepped up to the challenge there.

The regular seasons here have become lame, it's the same shit every year. Shit goaltending that's up and down, supporting cast playing like they've never played hockey before in their lives after any kind of break over 4 days, "leaders" like RNH who show up every third or fourth game maybe, Bouchard doing stupid shit, Nurse doing stupid shit, having to get red hot to make up for a bad start, little to no support with top 6 scoring, management blowing their wad on some 3rd line player (Connor Brown! Adam Henrique! whoopity freaking doo), etc. etc.

I think mentally he's just over it. It's the same movie over and over again. How many times can you rev yourself up to 100 knowing it probably makes no difference (team is never going to win a President's Trophy as constructed because you piss away too many points due to a stupidly built roster).

Scoring title? Rocket race? Connor doesn't care about that stuff anymore, he's won it all. They're going to finish in the same 104 point range probably that they have the last several years, maybe a little less perhaps, the exhaustion from a Cup run is real, no one pushed themselves harder than McDavid did last year.