‘We’re Finding Ways To Lose Games’: Rod Brind’Amour, Nikolaj Ehlers, Jordan Staal
January 4, 2026
‘We’re Finding Ways To Lose Games’: Rod Brind’Amour, Nikolaj Ehlers, Jordan Staal
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“We keep talking about it, but the room, it has to come from there.”
So you’ve lost the room Rod…?
“We do have some young guys back there in that hole and they both kind of didn’t quite do it right and that’s been getting us too.”
Bro it’s not always the young guys fault. Where was holding Miller or Walker responsible when they had horrid games? Im all for call outs, but be effing consistent. You got 2 guys who essentially never played NA hockey til this fall AND have language issues, but you call them out and expect more than what you do for seasoned guys?
I hate this mentality. The team as a whole isn’t being held accountable. If you keep talking and it’s not happening, then your talking points aren’t hitting home. Adjust. The most frustrating thing is this team was winning in Oct/Nov in spite of injuries and the top line being ass. Now that top line is rolling, everyone else just watching from the bench. It’s mind boggling. I love RBA, BUT You the coach. Figgur it out.
They need to stop turtling when up and continuing the aggressive forecheck and offensive pressure.
Slowing the game down when up has always been an issue but now I think it’s really starting to affect the team.
Well now that you’ve found them, do the opposite, guys.
How did we beat the Avs without Ghost and Slavin? Where did that team go?
Starting to get concerned Rod has lost the room. These types of systematic issues tend to stem from the top.
As a young player after seeing this why the hell would you want to play for this guy? Even when it is a vet’s fault on some stuff you will still get blamed.
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“We keep talking about it, but the room, it has to come from there.”
So you’ve lost the room Rod…?
“We do have some young guys back there in that hole and they both kind of didn’t quite do it right and that’s been getting us too.”
Bro it’s not always the young guys fault. Where was holding Miller or Walker responsible when they had horrid games? Im all for call outs, but be effing consistent. You got 2 guys who essentially never played NA hockey til this fall AND have language issues, but you call them out and expect more than what you do for seasoned guys?
I hate this mentality. The team as a whole isn’t being held accountable. If you keep talking and it’s not happening, then your talking points aren’t hitting home. Adjust. The most frustrating thing is this team was winning in Oct/Nov in spite of injuries and the top line being ass. Now that top line is rolling, everyone else just watching from the bench. It’s mind boggling. I love RBA, BUT You the coach. Figgur it out.
They need to stop turtling when up and continuing the aggressive forecheck and offensive pressure.
Slowing the game down when up has always been an issue but now I think it’s really starting to affect the team.
Well now that you’ve found them, do the opposite, guys.
How did we beat the Avs without Ghost and Slavin? Where did that team go?
Starting to get concerned Rod has lost the room. These types of systematic issues tend to stem from the top.
As a young player after seeing this why the hell would you want to play for this guy? Even when it is a vet’s fault on some stuff you will still get blamed.
No shit.
Rod’s seat getting warm?