Quoting: Islesforthecup
But its not just that chara has played terrible, its the fact that now he broke up pelech-pulock. If chara wouldve been playing 16 minutes a game it wouldnt be as big a thing.
Now yes the road trip was tough and having half the team out with covid at home was also, and i guess my issue is not really whats happened so far. Imo there are legitimate reasons for being on a skid this bad. My concern though is that when everyone gets healthy its gonna be more of the same. Sorokin singlehandedly won them a few games right at the beginning bc chara isnt an nhl player anymore yet hes playing 20 minutes a night. And thats with pulock carrying him. I just dont want to wait until barry literally has no choice either bench chara or get fired (bc thats the only way Z sits) bc by that time it will be too late.
Lou signed Chara, so he must believe he something left in the tank. Trotz has forgotten more about hockey than either of us knows, so if Chara has been this bad, and continues to be, you will see him make a change. Its only been 15 games so far, so I don't get your panic about it. But, like I said before, I will be very happy if they fire Trotz.....VERY HAPPY.