It doesn't take skill or even grit to stand up for yourself or your teammates. What it takes is balls. Plenty of hard workers on this team. Real proud of the way they hustle and try to compete. Unfortunately there are several players on the team who need to grow a set and realize if they are not able to produce then they need to contribute in other ways. The refs clearly are not doing much to protect the boys. The coach is mainly interested in working his gum, not the refs during games. It's time for several of these guys to step up and do what's needed. It's also time for the GM to get off his ass and do something to improve the team. Yes, the D is deep (especially with plenty of bottom 4 players), the goalie position is solid, and the first line is awesome. That's not enough to make a deep playoff run even if everyone is healthy. Not sure why it is acceptable to have so much redundancy in the bottom 9 with non-skill guys who are unwilling to step up to the mark and show some balls. Again, I love all these guys and appreciate that they play hard, but some of them need to be sent packing if they do not want to step up.