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Get StartedPlayers don't tank. I doubt its there morale because they weren't buyers, and truthfully shouldn't have been.I think the team has clearly just lost morale knowing they blew their opportunities to be buyers at the deadline and make a real push. I think mentally they're just not all there anymore. I hate to think that word came down to start tanking as well but the way they're playing sure makes it seem like it.
Players don't tank. I doubt its there morale because they weren't buyers, and truthfully shouldn't have been.
It's hard to buy just to get the 8th spot and face Boston. It wasn't the year to buy. Bert and Hronek was gone, too far away in contact tallks. You keep them and maybe you have a 40% to get in but then they're gone. And getting smashed by Ottawa twice with everyone here its not a surprise that they kept getting smashed. It showed how close we were.Tanking is the wrong word as that implies deliberate concentrated efforts to not give 100%. But I do think they lost some heart and it's evident in their play. Losing teammates sucks.
If they hadn't lost the 3 straight to TB, OTT, OTT I think they absolutely could have been buyers and many on local radio were clamoring for it. They would have been prime in playoff positioning and could have even moved up some spots. It wasn't to be though.
I'm fine with the moves they made it was right to sell off after those losses.
It's hard to buy just to get the 8th spot and face Boston. It wasn't the year to buy. Bert and Hronek was gone, too far away in contact tallks. You keep them and maybe you have a 40% to get in but then they're gone. And getting smashed by Ottawa twice with everyone here its not a surprise that they kept getting smashed. It showed how close we were.
And lastly we were winning when Bert and Vrana weren't playing. It wasn't the year to make trade.
After they beat the Rangers they were only 3 pts back from the Islanders for 7th place with four games in hand. It wasn't out of the question to believe they could have caught them. And with hockey moreso than any other sport people believe the "just get in" idea and maybe you can get hot. Happens in hockey much more than other sports.
But yes looking back I can tend to agree it probably didn't make sense, and people were just flying high on the win streak at the time.
So you're okay with maybe getting in, trading assets and losing Bert and Horonek anyway? This is about wining a title not one playoff opportunity.
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