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Who You Blaming?  Put The Pipe Down.

by IwoCPO on 12/01/08 at 05:40 PM ET
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First, this simple sentence rendered me fetal this afternoon.

But the Sharks, Habs, Ducks, Bruins, Pens…all of the teams we would consider to be competitive…we haven’t won a SINGLE GAME against what I would consider to be a top tier team.  That’s more than a hangover.  That suggests a failure at the front office.

That’s Gabe.  And guess what?  That’s not a case of him massaging statistics for his own sick pleasure.  No.  While I wouldn’t put it past him, those are just some cold, hard facts there brother. 

And guess what?  That is more than just a hangover. It is a failure, but that’s where I draw the line.

It’s not a failure of the front office.  How can Tick Tock be held responsible for that?  All he did was bring us the best offensive player available and the very best backup goalie out there, both for cheap.  All he did was improve this team.

If 15 wins on December 1st is a “failure”..(and how sick and ridiculous is that?)...it falls on the players. I don’t buy into blaming our Uncle for this either. Nope.  As I’ve said from the beginning,  the day this team commits to a total concept of team defense, the PK, shot blocking, mucking….that’s the day this “hangover” will end.  Babcock can talk until he’s out of words altogether, but it’s going to take the team itself realizing what needs to be done to right this mother.

I’m trying to think who should be responsible if it’s a player thing, if it’s an effort thing, if it’s a re-commitment to the system thing…hmmm.  Babcock? Holland? Gibby, Rozema and the Skelarski sisters?

Or should we, just maybe, consider that wearing the “C” means finding a way to get your teammates to play the way they’re supposed to, in order to win the tough games against the tougher teams? 

If, on December 1st, we’re so eager to throw Mike Babcock under the bus, as some below would suggest…my suggestion would be—taking for granted that we should be stressing at all before Christmas, for the sake of the adorable one—that we take a look at who is supposed to be leading this team on the ice and in the room.

That’s all I’m sayin’.

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