No.
We can talk about coaching, identity, effort, the front office, accountability, line combinations, ice time and everything else until we're blue in the face. And it's all valid to one degree or another. But I truly, truly feel this is simply a bad mix of players that doesn't fit together very well... especially the supposed "scoring line" players on this team. A decent collection of guys on paper... no chemistry out on the ice.
I mean... obviously some of it is going to be adrenaline but what does it say when two guys in Wilson and Sheary who have come in from the minors with no notable pedigree look instantly like better fits than just about anyone else tried out on the flanks this year?
I'm hoping just as much as everyone else that they all just suddenly "get it." And, for the record, I feel this team has actually started to play a much better brand of hockey under the new guy. But I just don't see this team coming together... at least not enough to make a push. Maybe we'll get lucky and find a couple of guys among the wreckage who can help the team in future seasons.
