You need to have more than just a few of guys with the attitude and determination to win. Line one, Cliffy, McAvoy and a few others want to win but the rest are ready to go home and put their feet up. It would take a huge change and a few more very angry mean men to give this group the stones to win. Not this year.
When they get eliminated I'll be thinking some very nasty thoughts of Donald Sweeney.
I'm sorry, but this is complete bullshit.
To say that this team has quit is not only wrong, but its insulting. Yes, they pulled Halak and packed it in midway between the 2nd period in Game 3 after going down 4-1, but that game was over and they had another one in less than 24hrs. I'll give them a pass on that.
The Game 4 loss wasn't because of lack of effort. A soft goal, a fluke deflection and a handful of really stupid penalties are what got us. We came out buzzing in the 2nd period until Cliffy took that stupid and unnecessary cross check penalty.
If you wanna argue that this roster isn't as good as Tampa, I'll listen. If you wanna argue that we're missing our #1 goalie, I'll listen, but don't tell me that this team has quit, because it hasn't.
We knew this was going to be a tough series and we got what we expected.