Poor Leadership
This is one I do not believe in at all, and originally did not want to include. When I posed the question of how an entire team struggles to the Blue Line Station writing staff, a few said this could be a problem.
My personal opinion is that we do not know how strong the leadership on the team is. We do not know if Ryan McDonagh and Rick Nash are in the locker-room sulking, or if they are trying to fire up the team. There will never be a point in which we know what’s going on fully in the locker-room, so this is all speculation.
However, I will say this. If this roster needs someone to rah-rah them into success, this team is toast. An NHL player making a minimum of $725K and a maximum of over $8 Million should not need someone to motivate them to success. And if they do, the coach should be on top of that. This is a silly concept that should not be in consideration.