"I think we had a good team," Kessel said after a ball-hockey game on centre court at Rexall Centre, site of the Rogers Cup. "We were there last year. We had a bad stretch. We don’t have that stretch, we’re right in it."
I see this being said a lot by both players and fans:
And I don't like it at all. We were getting badly outplayed pretty much all season long, and were managing to scrape out wins against the odds. It wasn't just a "bad stretch," it was the good luck running out for a fairly bad team. We played without the puck, in our own zone, all season long - if anything we were lucky to do decently for as long as we did without collapsing.
The logic in Kessel's quote is basically saying "we don't need to change, we were a good team last year who just got unlucky! Things will get better by themselves!" In reality, we were a weak team, terrible at puck possession, that needs to make serious changes to be a good playoff team.
With us being able to play our 4th line now maybe the depth scoring will take some of the pressure off the first line. They burned out at the end of the year, which is one of the reasons that i think we collapsed.
I see this being said a lot by both players and fans:
And I don't like it at all. We were getting badly outplayed pretty much all season long, and were managing to scrape out wins against the odds. It wasn't just a "bad stretch," it was the good luck running out for a fairly bad team. We played without the puck, in our own zone, all season long - if anything we were lucky to do decently for as long as we did without collapsing.
The logic in Kessel's quote is basically saying "we don't need to change, we were a good team last year who just got unlucky! Things will get better by themselves!" In reality, we were a weak team, terrible at puck possession, that needs to make serious changes to be a good playoff team.
what do they expect him to say? "Oh yeah we're totally gonna blow it again."
Based on how they played, the way the team performed for the entire year was DISGRACEFUL!!!
How about instead of lying... LYING... right in the face of leaf nation, he just said something like:
"Nevermind just the collapse, I think our team as a whole can perform much better than we did last season. We've made some key changes, and making changes to our system, and I've very hopeful for next season."
WHY IS THAT SO HARD?????
It included no LIES and was positive? WHY ON EARTH WOULD THAT BE SO DIFFICULT?
With us being able to play our 4th line now maybe the depth scoring will take some of the pressure off the first line. They burned out at the end of the year, which is one of the reasons that i think we collapsed.
If Kessel and JVR's red hot Olympics play had been saved for a Leafs hockey I wonder if we would have staved off that total collapse and at least made the playoffs?
Based on how they played, the way the team performed for the entire year was DISGRACEFUL!!!
How about instead of lying... LYING... right in the face of leaf nation, he just said something like:
"Nevermind just the collapse, I think our team as a whole can perform much better than we did last season. We've made some key changes, and making changes to our system, and I've very hopeful for next season."
WHY IS THAT SO HARD?????
It included no LIES and was positive? WHY ON EARTH WOULD THAT BE SO DIFFICULT?
Of course not. However, I think both the players and the fans need to acknowledge that last year was not a case of:what do they expect him to say? "Oh yeah we're totally gonna blow it again."