Poll: Who/What do you blame for missing the playoffs?

[OldnotDeadWings]

Ras, Walman, and whoever Kadre caved in were all out for significant time. And Husso - maybe he'd still stink if he were healthy, maybe not, but it did muck things up quite a bit, IMO.

Ras and Walman absence at the end of the season hurt, but for most of the season outside of Larkin the Wings were pretty fortunate with injuries. Ras I think played every game through March and Walman didn't miss many until mid-March, some of them because of being a healthy scratch IIRC. The immediate result of Husso's injury was that they got better goaltending. They weren't injury free of course -- Fabbri out early, Kane out three weeks later on, Compher and Chiarot missing a few -- but no one should expect that. IMO injuries were not an excuse for the team not being better defensively. They were bad even with everybody in the lineup.

 

[Henkka]

Do I want to blaim somebody?







No.






We lost.

But maybe we won.

 

[Gniwder]

Ras and Walman absence at the end of the season hurt, but for most of the season outside of Larkin the Wings were pretty fortunate with injuries. Ras I think played every game through March and Walman didn't miss many until mid-March, some of them because of being a healthy scratch IIRC. The immediate result of Husso's injury was that they got better goaltending. They weren't injury free of course -- Fabbri out early, Kane out three weeks later on, Compher and Chiarot missing a few -- but no one should expect that. IMO injuries were not an excuse for the team not being better defensively. They were bad even with everybody in the lineup.

Injuries happen to every team. The inability to cope with injuries means there is an issue with the roster and/or coach.