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Be honest now... How many of you actually stayed awake and watched any part of that game last night?
..at this point I'm not sure if it's fair to even call it a game? I mean don't you have to have players from each side competing against another to call it one?
Shots: 35 - 11
Wow. Talk about rolling over Beethoven.
I can tell you I didn't watch one second of it. I had the DVR rolling and I had it tuned in on the bedroom TV but I was out cold the minute I hit the mattress - as was this team the minute they hit the ice.
I can also tell you that the game will be deleted from my DVR as soon as I can find the remote.
You know what though? I'm not upset they lost. If fact if you look big picture it's a good thing that they keep losing.
...but...but... how can you root for your team to lose? We need to engrain a winning culture not a losing one! What kind of fan is that?
Please spare me that BS.
Somebody should have told this team/management that before they lost 20 of 25 games (or whatever in the hell that was). After that streak the rest of this season has always been about setting the team up the best way possible for next year.
The best thing this team can do for next season right now is to play the kids and rack up the losses. That accomplishes a variety of things:
1. Nobody gets the illusion that Claude Noel or anyone on this coaching staff is the answer.
2. It should give the Jackets a top 3 pick and by all accounts the top tier in this draft is 3 players deep. That's one helluva of an asset to put on the trade table... and who knows, maybe the hockey gods finally grant the Jackets the #1 overall pick.
3. The young players get lots of ice time and management should know exactly where these players stand in terms of development.
4. It puts pressure on Howson and ownership to make significant upgrades to this roster. Shopping in the bargain bin will not cut it if they really want to compete.
I'll still watch the games and I'll be happy if they win... but believe me I won't be upset if they lose either - in fact, I'll be happy with that too.
What I won't like is that after this season concludes and we are all finally put out of our misery and real changes don't occur.
Coaching staff gone. Scouting staff gone. Game ops gone. A bloated contract or two gone. Draft picks gone for real players.
I'm not saying to blow the entire thing up but significant changes must occur to this roster and the organization as a whole to get this train back on it's tracks.
Howson has his work cut out for him as does the rest of the organization.
Tanking is the easy part.
In the meantime sit back, relax and treat the rest of these games like a car wreck.... you know you shouldn't look but you do anyways just to see how bad it is.
-LTL
