It has to be said that this is a pretty tough way for a team to start the season. I know we may have a bad record after this road trip but the schedule did us no favors to get off on the right foot this year so I'm willing to give the team some more leeway before panicking about the whole season.
However, some more defensive cover would be nice. Merrill and Hunt are not defensive cover and Bischoff is still a rookie and could be kept on as an 8D and be inserted into some games this season but having a more veteran presence and depth would be nice if the team is in on winning now.
Not going to panic until team gets closer to NHL record (17 consecutive losses). (Turk and GMGM may be in panic mode before I am.
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Sometimes things just don't go your way. They're shooting, but quantity <> quality. (See VGK twitter feed for a couple of players talking about things.)
While this team has "23 captains", when you're deeper in this kind of situation, the captain is sometimes the guy to lead things out. So, I'll be watching to see which player(s) step forward to lead the team. Engelland has been the defacto captain, taking the ceremonial puck drops and addressing the crowd at last season's home opener; and took home the Messier Leadership award for last season.
While guy(s) will step up to lead the team this season?