Yup. If this team stumbles out of the gates *again*, it'll be an absolute bloodbath.
If this team stumbles out of the gate with another coach behind the bench we will be looking at a bloodbath regarding the core. It's all on the players now there's no more excuses. If these guys want to stick together and think they can get it done with this group they're going to have to bring it. If not Staios gets to blame Dorian on assembling this crack pot roster. I don't care if they're best buddies and do each other's hair at night. I only care about wins and losses.
These guys have had enough time together that if they can't put it together by now they never will and it's time to mix things up. These guys act like it's a fraternity or something like that and they got to remember that this is serious business and now's time for them to act serious. That's why I get the sense that Green is going to be a hard ass on them and it's exactly what they need. It might start slow because they are not used to a hard ass. They might try to resist and if they do I hope Green breaks them they all need to buy into the program because what they've been doing already in the past obviously is not working so they don't know any better. It's like the inmates running the asylum. These guys don't know how to win at this level yet they need to be taught.
Fans can be upset all they want but it's not Green's fault that there was 7 years of no playoffs and literally a deadbeat owner. He comes in with a clean slate in my mind and so does Staios , he inherited one hell of a mess. You guys think there's going to be cleaned up in one year it took 7 years to build this mess it isn't going to be fixed overnight. Nobody can fix the goaltending mess we're in, literally we need some white night goaltender like the Canucks are having in the playoffs to save this team. The two guys we got together can't stop a beach ball. The defense is a bunch of pylons that couldn't check their way out of a wet paper bag. The only player who plays with any heart on this team is the Captain and the former coach who is now the assistant coach.
It won't be pretty this year if anyone thinks roses are in the forecast it's more like weeds. We're going to have to learn to fight tooth and Claw for every single point we're going to earn this year. These pretty Timmy goals are not going to cut it. Sure they're going to happen but we're going to need a different mindset we need to become a tough as Nails grinding team. Every player is going to need to have that attitude as well. Too many guys disappear when it comes time to grind. I prefer 25 grinding goals over 25 highlight real goals.