We can talk new player acquisitions all day long , unless the culture of this franchise from the top down changes , very little will change . Porty made a comment last Friday , when questions were asked about Boone Jenner leadership .. Porty said the room definitely needed more leadership , and players like Werenski, Gudbranson Kuraly , should be allowed to be a voice in the room , without fear of getting in trouble . Whose rule was this , Jarmo or PV ? To hear this was jarring , and I think Porty put this out there for a reason
Meanwhile We aquire LAINE , JG , they struggle here , but players like Peeke go to Boston , and are solid pieces for that team . There is utter disfunction in this organization if you have a locker room where natural leaders aren’t allowed to have a voice . Honestly this is reason enough to fire both Jarmo , and PV, but I sure would like to know whose directive this was . Being that PV played Boone 20 plus minutes a night , at the cost of getting younger players more minutes one could speculate this was a Vincent directive trying to prop up Boone as more of a leader , because I’ve never heard Porty discuss this when Larsen was the coach . And Peeke, Laine, JG are just quick examples before someone gets caught up on a certain name .