Make Ryder play with who?
1- He played with just about every combination possible, and it didn’t click this year.
2- He knows he’s out at the end of the season. He has known this for months and has no drive. Some players, when they’re about to become free agents, go on fire. He went colder than my girlfriend.
I agree with nick about them not having the killer instinct. A lot of people here blame it on Europeans. I’m not racist in real life but in hockey I am. There certainly are some great europeans with heart, but not on this team. I don’t agree about the Canadians playing well. The ONLY game they significantly outplayed the opponent is the first game against Boston. They struggled in each of the other games. You know this is the case when Guy has to play with his lines. In fact he broke the only line that worked, Begin Smolinski Kostopoulos. You know you’re in trouble when your best line is “energy players” aka 4th liners.