You could put his lack of production on the list of problems. But it's not high on the list at all.
Jamie Benn and Jim Nill top the list for me. It's really not an argument anymore. They have been the constant, and they've failed to meet expectations repeatedly.
Hanzal and Methot who were paid more to pad our lineup and dont even play (hanzal kinda plays, I guess). Hanzal is a wasted roster spot and cap space. Methot is a waste of cap space.
Shore disappeared, Janmark disappeared, Pitlick and Ritchie are pretty worthless now.
Honka is gone and we all know it. He is a much bigger bust than people try to make Val out to be which is funny because we were literally down 3 defensemen and he couldn't even take Hanley or Fedun out of the lineup.
These are all players that I see nothing from. Almost every other night. Some of them every single night.
Name a single player who has had more chances to score than Val in our last few games. Him not scoring is frustrating, but his constant drive to try and score is a lot more welcome than watching our top line LW captain get paid 9m a year to show up for a quarter of the season.
This team cant even score on the ****ing powerplay and people still point to the 23 year old russian kid who just got back to the NHL. Lol its laughable the way some of you dissect this teams problems.
Most of you didnt even give a **** he was coming back anyway, now you're pissed he isn't carrying the team.