Titlehungry wrote:There is no competitive fire here... I put that on the vets like G, Voracek, Simmonds... maybe they are comfortable and need a trade... but the biggest things in my estimation are the lack of any offensive depth after Giroux, Voracek, and Couturier... Simmonds hasn't been Simmonds... Patrick has had injuries... who the heck else is there... Fillipula, Lehtera, Weise, Raffl... I thought Jordan Weal was gonna be a stud so much that we couldn't think to part with him... outside of Patrick, our bottom 9 flat out suck... also, you have two platoon goalies in Neuvirth and Elliott that can't win you any games... and apparently can't stop a puck in OT or a shootout... these are both backups in a perfect situation... I hope Carter Hart or Felix Sandstrom is a legit number one goalie... it would be nice to have one of those but until they are here and are proven, who knows
I haven't tuned in to every minute of the losing streak, particularly the last 3 or 4 games, but G and Voracek have been two of the best players on the roster, no? Hard to say they're lacking competitive fire. Those two and Coots are clearly the best three forwards thus far, and I'm not sure you can pin any blame on them.
Here's a thought: the roster is poorly constructed and they just flat out suck.
