Be careful about dissing Hartnell. The Hartnell sympathists on here will crucify you for calling out boy blunder. Biggest mistake this club made was giving that man a 6 year/$25.5 million dollar extension. But it's ok though because he's a good locker room presence.....
Yep, and just ignore the success he has had in his career because he had a bad game last night and a horrible start to the season(He was the only one of course)
Hartnell is one away from yet another 20 goal season and 3 points away from 50 points yet again but yes he is a mistake to have on this team. It's pretty funny how people can have a hate for certain players without any substantial evidence to back up their hate. It really just seems like you dislike the guy, which you are allowed to do but when people who see hartnell for what he is (second line/first line) tweener we provide evidence as of why. Also, watch the tape of the game, I saw on numerous times where Hartnell was back checking and playing pretty damn good defense. He came down low and supported the defense or even Giroux but we all chastise him for a bad game offensively. Voracek had a much worse game last night than Hartnell but he scored a goal in the last two minutes of the game so he gets a pass? That's the funny part.
The whole team was horrible starting with the captain down to the 6th dman. It was a tough game but what do we do afterwards? The players will move on but we will continue to look back at this game and make rash decisions because we lost a prime time game on the road.
We still have two games up on the Rangers while being only three points behind. Whoever is making it seem like this lose is the worst game of the season is just wrong. 10 games still left and we are still in a playoff spot. Was the game worrisome? Of course but I have faith the players aren't happy with the performance and will come back out next game swinging.
