Man, seeing how Ottawa is playing today, it really shows it's not THAT much a lack of talent but lack of effort. Don't get me wrong, this is a bad roster on paper, but I also think we have a TON of floaters. Blashill doesn't seem to inspire anyone after a goal or cause them to raise their play.
It's one thing to be a bad team who competes and hustles hard. Buffalo a few years back had a bunch of AHLers but at least looked engaged. Nobody but Bertuzzi, Larkin, Helm, and Athanasiou* ever look engaged.
*for five shifts a game