Hanging it on the guys with the expensive contracts and tenure is a desperation move. It's not even correct. Your mistake is having blind faith in Tippett to correctly assess situations when he has shown fallibility in that regard.
Chipchura and Klinkhammer were terrible in the Tampa game. Korpi has been bad all season. Moss was an impressive -6 in 6 games. Crombeen has managed to be a negative player in seven minutes of ice time.
The leaders have no one worth leading. That's why they've turned it off. There were 1,000 yard stares and the word passenger came up after the first game. A game where Doan played like a man possessed. Does that sound like a team that's looking forward to grinding out 82 games where they need to play at 110% to even have a chance at winning?
I expect them to respond to Maloney's threat and Tippett's challenge, but it's not going to last and that little trick only works once.
Chipchura and Klinkhammer were terrible in the Tampa game. Korpi has been bad all season. Moss was an impressive -6 in 6 games. Crombeen has managed to be a negative player in seven minutes of ice time.
The leaders have no one worth leading. That's why they've turned it off. There were 1,000 yard stares and the word passenger came up after the first game. A game where Doan played like a man possessed. Does that sound like a team that's looking forward to grinding out 82 games where they need to play at 110% to even have a chance at winning?
I expect them to respond to Maloney's threat and Tippett's challenge, but it's not going to last and that little trick only works once.
. The article, and Tip's comments confirmed what I have been seeing.
