I refuse to blame this season collapse on Seth Jones being injured.... Nor Atkinson who hasn't done anything all season anyway… Nor Korpi since we did well when he was out....
The collapse began after our 2-0 win over Detroit... Also, injuries are an issue but we had injuries during that 23-2-4 run too..
To bad, we had it..
I will.
I mean, it's not EXCLUSIVELY because of those two, but think of it this way: If you're in a boat that's leaking. Taking on more and more and more and more water. You can keep it afloat for a while, if everyone's bailing water together. But if in the middle of that, another hole pops up, and you lose two of your biggest buckets, the job becomes impossible.
This team was surviving on goaltending, defense and timely scoring. When you lose your best defenseman (your best water bucket, if you will) the defense suffers. If you lose your best defenseman at the same time all your offensive weapons are injured, teams can attack you a lot more freely because there's not as much risk involved.