‘We’ve Never Had This Issue, Ever’: Jordan Staal, Jackson Blake, Rod Brind’Amour On Yet Another Third-Period Collapse

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  2. Okay, take the next few days to be with your families and get your head straight. Come back & destroy Detroit! If we can’t do that, then we need to start making some moves.

  4. “I swear, this has never happened before ”  he said as he desperately fumbles to open the last blister on his sheet of little blue pills 

  5. need to add out coached by maurice like how many years now? getting to be a joke at this point

  7. We might be leading the Metro but curb stomp your thoughts on this team winning the cup.

  8. I think it’s a fair statement to say that the Florida Panthers are living rent free in a lot of Canes players heads.

  11. I love Blake and am biased, but honestly I love his interview. He is owning up to what he did while recognizing that he can’t dwell on it. Sometimes people just can’t learn unless they fail. I have been tracking Blake’s stats for a school project this season and he has a good amount of turnovers. He gets bailed out a lot by the rest of the team so hopefully this helps him understand more. I believe in Jackson Blake

  14. I never thought I would say this, but we have a massive leadership problem and it’s hard to imagine us winning a cup without some kind of huge change.

    Zero accountability from Rod as he continues to blame the rookies for the messes his beloved veterans keep making. Zero emotion from Staal as the team folds like a $2 lawn chair on his watch for the umpteenth time, just empty platitudes about how he “wasn’t good enough” and how they “still have lessons to learn”. I love Jordan Martinook but he cannot be the linchpin of this team’s mental fortitude.

    We’re entering 8 years of this and these problems have been festering for at least 4 of them. Their seats have to be heating up now.

  16. Alright… well. How many more years of getting bounced from the playoffs because we don’t adapt or respond for each other until we can all admit we have an issue with coaching and leadership then? 5? 10? Just trying to figure out how long I have to wait to have hope again.

  17. I said this earlier…. they are currently mentally soft. The minute a team leans into them physically they panic, struggle and throw out what was working. It’s why they drop L’s to teams they should beat, and fold when it gets chippy. Florida is mid, but are 100% in the Canes heads. It will be interesting how the team responds.

  18. It feels like people are reading the headline and not the actual interview. Rod’s “We’ve never had this issue” comment isn’t about blowing the lead or losing to Florida. It was about lacking confidence.

    Even when we’ve had mad meltdowns or we’ve gotten swept by the Panthers in the past, I don’t think I’ve ever seen the team look as shell-shocked as they did tonight.

  19. Maybe it’s time to realize Rod is a personality coach. Which is 100% fine. But you also need to get a staff that isn’t full of ur friends but has coaches who can make better adjustments, manage the games better, and run the pp maybe?

  20. Theres general mentality and leadership issues to work with sure, but I need Rod to figure out how *specifically* to beat Florida. Top of the conference, I like our coaching staff, I like our vets, I like our young guys. Im not worried about any of that. This specific achilles heel of fucking Florida is the issue

  22. It starts with the bump-up shifts, the last three games the team has had the urgency and intensity of little league outfielders during them. Not making the simple plays to move the puck forward/get it out of the defensive zone and just playing adhd hockey in general. Seem to be letting setbacks snowball and getting away from playing their style, in a sharp contrast to their starts (can only blow a lead if you get a lead). Also think that the team needs a couple of practices with high danger areas painted onto the ice, as the defensive coverage particularly in the slot has been abysmal and the team can’t stop turning over pucks in dangerous areas when there is an easier and safer play that’s completely available to them (Svech and Blaker have had a couple stinkers where they could have iced the puck or literally just put it 10 feet down the wall after the defense committed to closing the gap up-ice aggressively instead of trying to handle around the defense).

  23. This is not all doom and gloom. Teams have hot streaks and cold streaks. I do think the players allowed the Panthers get in their heads a bit. We had 3 rookies (2 from the AHL) and two 2nd years out there. They were playing all different lines. Missed our two top players. The collapse for a 3rd night straight was awful. If anything, these players just need to have a closed door meeting and work things out amongst themselves. It’s not a coaching issue, it’s a bonding issue.

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