I think maybe Rob is generalizing a bit, but his point is valid. CHI is in tank mode. There is no way we should have been losing to them or lost in OT. The OTL was probably a given, since we couldn't get that go-ahead goal. 40 minutes by your backup to try to stop any more goals. 1 was enough for the OTL.
Anyway, what Rob is saying is that the team isn't exactly a world beater and we are not making any roster decisions regardless of play. There is quite simply more than a couple of players that deserve to sit after a game. Or get demoted off their line. The alternative may not be any better, but we are simply not even looking at that. We may not have the solution in the roster or in the AHL, but doing nothing different suggests that yelling is the only option.
Sutter says some things that make you wonder if he even knows how to solve the problem.
- tired after a road trip
- personally, I felt that once he shifted the lines in the 3rd, we looked 10x better, but he said team was not really any better in the 2nd and 3rd
- we aren't anywhere near the AVS in terms of skill and experience
- can't spot a team like that 2 goals
- chemistry isn't a thing, the players decide with performance where they play
My question is if the lines aren't getting better and players performance determines where they play, why have we see zero changes since Duehr first played in CHI? Early collapse in CHI, late collapse in STL and Dallas. Early collapse against COL. Nothing burger in NAS. First game back after a roadie is tough. But we have ample practice time now and after CBJ. If nothing at all changes, then I really wonder.