Pantokrator
Who's the clown?
it seems the fan base is united in negativity, including myself.
Personally, I was on board with Hextall.
So I guess all the people who liked Hextall are now on board with all the people who are discontented which is everyone else.
We're all opposed to the rudderless direction.
This is the most united the fan base has been since the acquisition of Lindros...... just talking out my ass here with this final statement,
I was on board with Hextall because I liked his patience - except it ran out for me with Hakstol. I still approved of Hextall's patience with not trying to trade to get better for this season at the expense of the future. I sort of looked at it like the Sixers rebuild where I knew we would be bad. I don't like trying to get better now at the expense of the future - like trading Frost for Anderson from the Sens just to try to make the playoffs or some such crap that I think about with the Holmgren era.
I have given up on the season - not in a negative way - it is what it is and there is no reason to try to make a change to win 5 or 6 more games than we would otherwise if it means hurting the long term chances. This team is such a catastrophe right now, I can't see any way to salvage the season, so why bother. Get what we can for the flotsam and jetsam we have and try to make some moves in the off season.
I have to say though, I have never had such a blah feeling for the team. Even in the days of Dale Kushner, Pat Murray, Murray Baron et al., we were bad and we knew we were bad. This team shouldn't be so bad, which is what is so frustrating. I think the Blues have to be the only team more frustrated this season.