The latest installment from
The Hockey News:
Though the final games of the season may seem meaningless in the standings, the team views it as an opportunity to continue building that culture, win as many games as possible, and begin training camp with something to build off.
“The last 15 games last year, we just wasted them and we didn’t get anything out of them,” said forward Ryan Strome after practice Saturday. “This year we’re going to challenge ourselves going forward because we have to put some building blocks down for next year and build some momentum toward the summer and next season.”
Three things I'd like to point out:
1. The defense was designed to fail by roster mgmt (Verbeek).
2. The bite that was traded away was never replaced by roster mgmt (Verbeek).
3. Strome comes off as not a leader despite being signed last off-season as a veteran who can help rebuild. He admits he mailed it in last year after the TDL even though he was signed to be part of that building block.
But why the last 10-games? I thought we were already laying down the building blocks since the start of the season? Was there an organizational wide memo to discredit last year despite this year being just as bad or worse?