I'm down for blaming Hakstol has much as the next guy. Definitely has his issues.
But at this juncture, I'm shifting the blame to Hextall. Everybody saw this defense was playing very poorly this season. And he's done absolutely nothing to rectify, he's sat idly by and waited.
For what? For an offer on this ****? Nobody wants this ****. He seems so sure that he'll get a good offer, there is nothing coming, 2 of these guys should've just been waived. Streit should've been moved for anything, I don't care if it was a 6th. Because those guys, those guys are a huge reason for this failure.