No depth. We have no depth.
We have a plethora of grinders who, well playing hard, aren't physical enough to get other teams off their games, and don't have enough skill to fill in on top lines when the top lines aren't clicking.
Our veterans are players who are "just happy" to even be in the lineup and we have no young players in Hershey pushing for anyone's spot.
I actually think the Hershey thing is much overlooked. We don't have anyone we can bring in to add a spark. No developing first line AHLer to push the NHL guys to play their best hockey.
Brouwer, Chimera, Hendy, Beagle, Ward, Crabb, have slightly different skills but are basically the same "cog".
Wolski, Fehr, Mojo, again little faster or a little slower but basically the same role on the team.
I don't necessarily dislike any of these players, but what do they bring beyond an average skillset? Toughness, Heart, Scoring? Impeccable effort and systems play? Excellent power play, or penalty kill? Faceoffs??? A couple bring speed, a couple hit, none back off defenders.
Who's the first line RW and who's the fourth?
Who's the 3rd line C and who's the second line LW?
I think Wolski has played hard fairly smart and has had a couple nice plays, does that make him a first line winger?
Alzner-Green looks good, Carlson has a rotating line of guys who just want to keep their jobs. Kundratek looks better each game but which guy just trying to keep his job is showing him the ropes?
No one isn't trying, they are trying, you can see it.
We have two mentally fragile "starters" in goal with no Vet to take some of the pressure off, then we put a scared defense in front of them and expect ... what?
Not skilled enough to be a skill team, Not tough enough or effective enough in the little things (faceoffs, marking star players, penalty kill) to be a grinding defensive team. Not mean enough and willing enough to intimidate. Not strong enough in G to rely on them to steal us games.
Finally we have a first line C who is a perimeter player and looks afraid to get hurt. And is trying to be as effective as possible with no one to pass to that wants to shoot.
But yeah lets trade Ovechkin.
Sorry for wall of text, but our only skill players are being auctioned off for scraps, or ridiculed, on all the main boards.