The best part of the game day threads is posters acting like they just figured out that this team is really, really bad (and does the things that really, really bad teams do). It is like the first 40+ games of the season didn't happen. I honestly don't get how people can be outraged at this point. On a nightly basis our defense includes Madison Bowey, Brian f***ing Lashoff and Alex Biega. Are people really surprised that we routinely lose by multiple goals? Really? I get that tonight was an extreme case but even with a better effort the most realistic result was a multiple-goal loss.
The margin for error with this team was super, super thin to begin with (even assuming perfect health). Add in Jimmy falling off of the cliff and the injuries to DDK, Mantha, AA and Bernier and you are hiking up the north face of Eiger in flip flops.
This team is like all bad teams in all team sports at all levels. As proud as some of them may be personally, they know that they can't out score their mistakes. If they are behind big early they fold like a vinyl law chair like zillions of bad teams before them and like zillions of bad teams to come. This is why goaltending is such a crucial issue with this team. We don't need our goalies to steal us games, but they absolutely cannot play us out of games early.